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Two decades of my journals. I started journaling in college, but I really developed a habit in 2016. After the election, I felt compelled to record things like senate confirmations and executive orders and daily headlines. My mantra was "I am AWAKE." I needed to pay attention.
Reposted by Mae Flowers
misogynists are both too afraid of women and not afraid enough of women, in different respects
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
misogynists are both too afraid of women and not afraid enough of women, in different respects
The Heritage Foundation strikes again, removing a memorial to the men who built this cemetery.
The African American 960th Quartermaster Corps used picks and shovels to dig graves in muddy and frozen ground. They couldn't have sat with the men they buried, but they could lay them to rest.
The African American 960th Quartermaster Corps used picks and shovels to dig graves in muddy and frozen ground. They couldn't have sat with the men they buried, but they could lay them to rest.
Limburg demands answers over U.S. whitewashing of Black history at WWII cemetery
The province of Limburg has asked the American ambassador to the Netherlands to replace the information panels about Black soldiers in the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margr...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Heritage Foundation strikes again, removing a memorial to the men who built this cemetery.
The African American 960th Quartermaster Corps used picks and shovels to dig graves in muddy and frozen ground. They couldn't have sat with the men they buried, but they could lay them to rest.
The African American 960th Quartermaster Corps used picks and shovels to dig graves in muddy and frozen ground. They couldn't have sat with the men they buried, but they could lay them to rest.
Review of "Love & Lightning: A Collection of Queer and Feminist Manifestos": On the way home from the book launch event, I was so immersed in reading that I missed the announcement that my train was being rerouted and I started heading the wrong direction. @valizbooks.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Review of "Love & Lightning: A Collection of Queer and Feminist Manifestos": On the way home from the book launch event, I was so immersed in reading that I missed the announcement that my train was being rerouted and I started heading the wrong direction. @valizbooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Mae Flowers
working a double shift at the unemployment factory
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
working a double shift at the unemployment factory
And I'm eating chicken nuggets with the GOOD discontinued bbq sauce.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
And I'm eating chicken nuggets with the GOOD discontinued bbq sauce.
Marietta Ronchetti was "The World's Most Beautiful Waitress" in 1940.
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Marietta Ronchetti was "The World's Most Beautiful Waitress" in 1940.
I went to an exhibit opening and talk on book spine design (!).
This is the printed handout that accompanied the show.
[Little Miss and Mr. Men books were in the exhibit because the newer editions would form a design on the spines when shelved together. Most of mine are older editions, tho.]
This is the printed handout that accompanied the show.
[Little Miss and Mr. Men books were in the exhibit because the newer editions would form a design on the spines when shelved together. Most of mine are older editions, tho.]
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I went to an exhibit opening and talk on book spine design (!).
This is the printed handout that accompanied the show.
[Little Miss and Mr. Men books were in the exhibit because the newer editions would form a design on the spines when shelved together. Most of mine are older editions, tho.]
This is the printed handout that accompanied the show.
[Little Miss and Mr. Men books were in the exhibit because the newer editions would form a design on the spines when shelved together. Most of mine are older editions, tho.]
Are any of y'all on the Foto app? I'm looking for friends. My username is msteele 💕
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Are any of y'all on the Foto app? I'm looking for friends. My username is msteele 💕
Seven month update: Yes, yes, no, with great difficulty, bubble wrap, no, no, not very.
Current concerns: will my hot trans wife's existence become illegal, are we going to flee, do I bother changing that lightbulb, how do I take four pets across the Atlantic, what about family heirlooms, will i get meet my new niece, will anyone hire me, how fast can i learn a new language?
October 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Seven month update: Yes, yes, no, with great difficulty, bubble wrap, no, no, not very.
I made this collage for a tiktok and nobody liked it but me, but I like it so much that I don't care. 😄
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I made this collage for a tiktok and nobody liked it but me, but I like it so much that I don't care. 😄
I drew this for you.
September 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I drew this for you.
I am tired of starting over.
September 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I am tired of starting over.
I was, unintentionally, in the midst of the far-right rally in London today, and I'm trying to process the experience. I counted 47 police vans. I saw a sign that said something like, "Why do you hate white people? We pay for everything." I felt utterly disgusted.
September 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I was, unintentionally, in the midst of the far-right rally in London today, and I'm trying to process the experience. I counted 47 police vans. I saw a sign that said something like, "Why do you hate white people? We pay for everything." I felt utterly disgusted.
Republicans want to do this if: she's "too good" at sports, too tall, too broad-shouldered, her hair is too short, her voice is too low, her feet are too big, she's too muscular (the list goes on).
Republicans want to go in the girls' locker room. Trans girls just want to go on the field.
Republicans want to go in the girls' locker room. Trans girls just want to go on the field.
"The Republican Party wants to pull YOUR teenage daughter's pants down in the middle of gym class if they think she's too good at lacrosse, this is vile and depraved and only the start of their intrusive government overreach" should be the party line and I don't think it's a heavy lift
why do transphobes have a fucking monopoly on "having some concerns about fairness", can i have a concern about the fairness of normalizing kids getting their genitals inspected by strange adults for reasons entirely unrelated to health or hygiene as a prerequisite for peewee soccer?
September 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Republicans want to do this if: she's "too good" at sports, too tall, too broad-shouldered, her hair is too short, her voice is too low, her feet are too big, she's too muscular (the list goes on).
Republicans want to go in the girls' locker room. Trans girls just want to go on the field.
Republicans want to go in the girls' locker room. Trans girls just want to go on the field.
"Once you understand that there are people who do not want you to exist, that is a difficult card to remove from the table. There is no liberation, no undoing that knowledge. It is the unyielding door, the one that simply cannot be pushed back against any longer." (Hanif Abdurraqib)
August 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Once you understand that there are people who do not want you to exist, that is a difficult card to remove from the table. There is no liberation, no undoing that knowledge. It is the unyielding door, the one that simply cannot be pushed back against any longer." (Hanif Abdurraqib)
Make a list, in order, of whose rights you will sacrifice in order to win. Then, describe what you've won, exactly.
Should we move away from trans rights,like sports, which affect "very few" people?
Once you decide that [one group] can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third. (Judith Butler)
Once you decide that [one group] can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third. (Judith Butler)
This is stupid. Newsom is not anti trans. He just doesnt believe that trans should be in some women’s sports that they could have a physical advantage. Most the population has this view. As they work through what is fair for all, quit throwing newsom under the bus.
August 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Make a list, in order, of whose rights you will sacrifice in order to win. Then, describe what you've won, exactly.
Should we move away from trans rights,like sports, which affect "very few" people?
Once you decide that [one group] can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third. (Judith Butler)
Once you decide that [one group] can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third. (Judith Butler)
This is stupid. Newsom is not anti trans. He just doesnt believe that trans should be in some women’s sports that they could have a physical advantage. Most the population has this view. As they work through what is fair for all, quit throwing newsom under the bus.
August 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Should we move away from trans rights,like sports, which affect "very few" people?
Once you decide that [one group] can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third. (Judith Butler)
Once you decide that [one group] can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third. (Judith Butler)
Honestly, I've heard that the Socialists like it under the Bus.
First they came for the socialists
And I said, look, nobody likes the socialists anyway
Both sides agree that the socialists are weird and unpleasant
The socialists need to buck up and get comfortable with voting for someone who is cool with letting them come for the socialists
And I said, look, nobody likes the socialists anyway
Both sides agree that the socialists are weird and unpleasant
The socialists need to buck up and get comfortable with voting for someone who is cool with letting them come for the socialists
First they came for the socialists
And honestly, maybe that's not a terrible idea
Socialists never suck it up and vote
Not like our guy's crazy about socialists, either
How could you be? Always whining about somethin or other
Maybe we shouldn't defend the socialists
Maybe we won't miss em, after all
And honestly, maybe that's not a terrible idea
Socialists never suck it up and vote
Not like our guy's crazy about socialists, either
How could you be? Always whining about somethin or other
Maybe we shouldn't defend the socialists
Maybe we won't miss em, after all
August 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Honestly, I've heard that the Socialists like it under the Bus.
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A few things cooler than AI by Andy J. Pizza
May 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A few things cooler than AI by Andy J. Pizza
Yes, and! maybe people who don't turn it off have to consent to the specific amount of resources they use with their AI request.
I just want a global 'turn all 'ai' off everywhere, categorically, no exceptions unless I individually approve them in triplicate' setting for all my devices
June 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Yes, and! maybe people who don't turn it off have to consent to the specific amount of resources they use with their AI request.
If someone ever describes me as classy, I'm doing something wrong.
June 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If someone ever describes me as classy, I'm doing something wrong.
I just love a good pair of socks, what can I say?
May 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I just love a good pair of socks, what can I say?
I feel like I probably have some pretty good bones. Like, at least top 60% of all bones worldwide. Maybe even top 64%
May 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I feel like I probably have some pretty good bones. Like, at least top 60% of all bones worldwide. Maybe even top 64%
Am I THE U-haul lesbian?!
THE INTERNET NEEDS TO KNOW: I moved a full-sized mattress *and* box springs up a flight of stairs by MY OWN SELF.
The success is its own reward. However, if anyone here wanted to congratulate me, I'd accept that, too.
The success is its own reward. However, if anyone here wanted to congratulate me, I'd accept that, too.
May 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Am I THE U-haul lesbian?!