Tor
@bittertea.bsky.social
Writer, zinester, library worker in Portland. Ex-evangelical abuse survivor. Bigender trans weirdo (they/them)
zines: bitterteahymnal.gumroad.com
website: torlowell.neocities.org
blog: thewrongkindoftestimony.neocities.org
zines: bitterteahymnal.gumroad.com
website: torlowell.neocities.org
blog: thewrongkindoftestimony.neocities.org
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Tor
@bittertea.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hi bsky, you should follow me if you like rambly posts and zines about abuse/survivor issues, the trauma of growing up in evangelical christianity, & being genderweird & gay
anyone who works at any company that involves have any input about design choices, especially accessibility, I need you to know that pictorial icons are not inherently accessible. If something -only- has icons and -no- text on the icon that says what that button does, I -cannot- process it
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
anyone who works at any company that involves have any input about design choices, especially accessibility, I need you to know that pictorial icons are not inherently accessible. If something -only- has icons and -no- text on the icon that says what that button does, I -cannot- process it
okay at least half my issues with the new update are just that safari is visually unusable and this is remedied by just not using safari
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
okay at least half my issues with the new update are just that safari is visually unusable and this is remedied by just not using safari
oh my fucking god why is ai overview like this
January 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
oh my fucking god why is ai overview like this
my ipad finally updated to ios 26 and it is truly horrendous but it is really fascinating to see apple defenders in replies whenever you’re looking up how to fix things, and they’re always like “you all said this BEFORE to” and it’s like yea, ios has sucked for like the last 10 updates
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
my ipad finally updated to ios 26 and it is truly horrendous but it is really fascinating to see apple defenders in replies whenever you’re looking up how to fix things, and they’re always like “you all said this BEFORE to” and it’s like yea, ios has sucked for like the last 10 updates
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Had so much fun with the cut out tool on Homura yesterday that I decided to just use it today. Picked Sayaka because I had a music brush I wanted to try out!
October 6, 2023 at 1:22 AM
Had so much fun with the cut out tool on Homura yesterday that I decided to just use it today. Picked Sayaka because I had a music brush I wanted to try out!
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October 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
please
what if i sob for 12 hours straight
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
please
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This was the first thing that popped into my head when I heard Scott Adams died.
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This was the first thing that popped into my head when I heard Scott Adams died.
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Oooo ahhh. It’s a porcelain snail. I wonder if she’s carrying tea in her shell.
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Oooo ahhh. It’s a porcelain snail. I wonder if she’s carrying tea in her shell.
Who would've guessed the thing I was struggling with with my worship music zine was that it wasn't personal enough
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Who would've guessed the thing I was struggling with with my worship music zine was that it wasn't personal enough
the ways cishet categorization worked growing up is that cis girls & women expected me to align with their sweeping generalizations about what it meant to be a girl/woman/female & treated it as a lie & betrayal if i was not like that. i was faking or i wasn’t playing by the rules or—
January 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
the ways cishet categorization worked growing up is that cis girls & women expected me to align with their sweeping generalizations about what it meant to be a girl/woman/female & treated it as a lie & betrayal if i was not like that. i was faking or i wasn’t playing by the rules or—
i understand the matcha/green tea haters, but i need you to know that i personally really do love things that taste like grass.
i have grass scented fountain pen ink and every time i use it, i want to eat it.
i have grass scented fountain pen ink and every time i use it, i want to eat it.
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
i understand the matcha/green tea haters, but i need you to know that i personally really do love things that taste like grass.
i have grass scented fountain pen ink and every time i use it, i want to eat it.
i have grass scented fountain pen ink and every time i use it, i want to eat it.
Was trying to articulate for a zine the Christian concept of "giving up your rights" so I tried searching for Christian sources and still kept struggling to find anything until I decide to specifically look up things aimed at Christian *women.* (Or "families" which still usually means women)
January 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Was trying to articulate for a zine the Christian concept of "giving up your rights" so I tried searching for Christian sources and still kept struggling to find anything until I decide to specifically look up things aimed at Christian *women.* (Or "families" which still usually means women)
Successfully had a lil party for the first time at our, wait for it, house
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Successfully had a lil party for the first time at our, wait for it, house
My feet get so numb in the cold, I wish thermal socks were real (they never do shit for me)
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
My feet get so numb in the cold, I wish thermal socks were real (they never do shit for me)
our house may still be a lot of randomly stacking things places because we don’t know just where to put anything yet, but dear god does it feel nicer to clean than our apartment ever did
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 AM
our house may still be a lot of randomly stacking things places because we don’t know just where to put anything yet, but dear god does it feel nicer to clean than our apartment ever did
sometimes when people are doing radical visions of what the future/communities should look like I feel like a lot of them grew up in suburban environments that they maybe felt isolated in. I would love to see ppl who grew up in high control groups visions of how we stop those
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
sometimes when people are doing radical visions of what the future/communities should look like I feel like a lot of them grew up in suburban environments that they maybe felt isolated in. I would love to see ppl who grew up in high control groups visions of how we stop those
i couldve been an ant. or a snail. or a small house centipede. but god cursed me.
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
i couldve been an ant. or a snail. or a small house centipede. but god cursed me.
what if i sob for 12 hours straight
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
what if i sob for 12 hours straight
remembering the time i posted a description of one of my zines to mastodon and some asshole anarchist passive aggressed at me for not making it ‘accessible’ (ie free & public). & like…this is my life? i am writing about personal intimate details about my life?
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
remembering the time i posted a description of one of my zines to mastodon and some asshole anarchist passive aggressed at me for not making it ‘accessible’ (ie free & public). & like…this is my life? i am writing about personal intimate details about my life?
... Logging into animal crossing and going, oh right, this is how I designed my bathroom
January 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM
... Logging into animal crossing and going, oh right, this is how I designed my bathroom
gotta figure out cleaning the basement at this point. I‘ve got 5 weeks until my birthday to make it Roller Coaster-watching friendly
January 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
gotta figure out cleaning the basement at this point. I‘ve got 5 weeks until my birthday to make it Roller Coaster-watching friendly
every games done quick, their awful block was always the night before i had to work.
NOT THIS TIME
so im staying up
NOT THIS TIME
so im staying up
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 AM
every games done quick, their awful block was always the night before i had to work.
NOT THIS TIME
so im staying up
NOT THIS TIME
so im staying up
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I'm sorry, but I just think it's very telling when we differentiate between ICE's killing of American citizens versus undocumented immigrants. And I'm seeing that a lot right now.
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I'm sorry, but I just think it's very telling when we differentiate between ICE's killing of American citizens versus undocumented immigrants. And I'm seeing that a lot right now.
The problem with owning pretty things is convincing myself to use them
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The problem with owning pretty things is convincing myself to use them