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@grnpointer.bsky.social
· Sep 9
Slough — Oyster River Pages
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I have a new story out in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. It's about Crown Vics and the Everglades and exotic finches and life as a ghost. You can also hear me read an excerpt, if you're into that sort of thing...
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"Correct natural trajectory"!
Transphobes believe in teleology, confirmed a million times over. It's a basically pre-modern worldview that gets a lot of cover from the fact that it accords with our erroneous common-sense.
The scientific-world-conception is pro-trans, pre-modern mysticism is TERF.
Transphobes believe in teleology, confirmed a million times over. It's a basically pre-modern worldview that gets a lot of cover from the fact that it accords with our erroneous common-sense.
The scientific-world-conception is pro-trans, pre-modern mysticism is TERF.
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 17, 2026 at 7:49 AM
"Correct natural trajectory"!
Transphobes believe in teleology, confirmed a million times over. It's a basically pre-modern worldview that gets a lot of cover from the fact that it accords with our erroneous common-sense.
The scientific-world-conception is pro-trans, pre-modern mysticism is TERF.
Transphobes believe in teleology, confirmed a million times over. It's a basically pre-modern worldview that gets a lot of cover from the fact that it accords with our erroneous common-sense.
The scientific-world-conception is pro-trans, pre-modern mysticism is TERF.
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When people hear "it saved my life", there’s a presumption made that we mean without it we would quite literally die. And for many of us, that's absolutely true... But for those of us who rely upon it regularly.... it means our lives are made so much better now that they actually feel worth living."
Since Cass is again making the rounds for expounding on all the ways we might make fewer trans kids, here’s a piece on how this discourse erases the lives of trans people doing extraordinary specifically because they embraced who they are. Whose rich lives wouldn’t have happened in the closet.
In defense of trans quality of life — Jessica Kant
Today trans people exist in an atmosphere where it has become normal for strangers to demand of us that we extemporaneously provide inarguable, indisputable proof that without very safe medical care w...
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February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
When people hear "it saved my life", there’s a presumption made that we mean without it we would quite literally die. And for many of us, that's absolutely true... But for those of us who rely upon it regularly.... it means our lives are made so much better now that they actually feel worth living."
Book #20 of 2026: The Seers by Suleiman Addonia. Really enjoyed this lusty refugee story. With the addition of Eritrea, my "Countries Read" list is up to 116.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Book #20 of 2026: The Seers by Suleiman Addonia. Really enjoyed this lusty refugee story. With the addition of Eritrea, my "Countries Read" list is up to 116.
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
Book #19 of 2026: Weather by Jenny Offill. Didn't work for me.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Book #19 of 2026: Weather by Jenny Offill. Didn't work for me.
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fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/weat...
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The intention of policies like this proposal is to introduce so much friction, so much pain, so much discomfort and humiliation, that a child desists rather than continue to assert their true identity.
It is nothing less than conversion therapy being written into school policy.
It is nothing less than conversion therapy being written into school policy.
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The intention of policies like this proposal is to introduce so much friction, so much pain, so much discomfort and humiliation, that a child desists rather than continue to assert their true identity.
It is nothing less than conversion therapy being written into school policy.
It is nothing less than conversion therapy being written into school policy.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
Book #18 of 2026: Transcription by Ben Lerner. A minor book, but he sure makes this stuff look easy. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/tran...
February 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Book #18 of 2026: Transcription by Ben Lerner. A minor book, but he sure makes this stuff look easy. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/tran...
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really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Book #17 of 2026: Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. A lovely little memoir about growing the niece of the queen of all time. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/emil...
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Book #17 of 2026: Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. A lovely little memoir about growing the niece of the queen of all time. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/emil...
Book #16 of 2026: Sugarcane with Salt by James Ng'ombe. The book was fine, but more importantly: with Malawi, my "Countries Read" list is up to 115.
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/suga...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/suga...
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Book #16 of 2026: Sugarcane with Salt by James Ng'ombe. The book was fine, but more importantly: with Malawi, my "Countries Read" list is up to 115.
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/suga...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/suga...
Book #15: The War by Marguerite Duras. A collection of memoir pieces about Duras' experiences in the French resistance. Shocking and powerful. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
February 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Book #15: The War by Marguerite Duras. A collection of memoir pieces about Duras' experiences in the French resistance. Shocking and powerful. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
Book #14: The White Bear by Henrik Pontoppidan. #59/122 Nobel winners down. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
February 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Book #14: The White Bear by Henrik Pontoppidan. #59/122 Nobel winners down. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
Book #13: Duplex by Kathryn Davis. What a blast. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/dupl...
February 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Book #13: Duplex by Kathryn Davis. What a blast. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/dupl...
Heading to 🇦🇺 next month. Does anyone have reataurant/bar/coffee/park/whatever recs for Sydney or Melbourne?
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Heading to 🇦🇺 next month. Does anyone have reataurant/bar/coffee/park/whatever recs for Sydney or Melbourne?
Book #12 of 2026: Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather. Flop era.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Book #12 of 2026: Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather. Flop era.
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/sapp...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/sapp...
Book #11 of 2026: America, America by Greg Grandin. I liked this history of the New World a lot but I'm too lazy to copy the accented "a" again...
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fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/amer...
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Book #11 of 2026: America, America by Greg Grandin. I liked this history of the New World a lot but I'm too lazy to copy the accented "a" again...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/amer...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/amer...
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🎵
Pastor of Muppets
We preach and we sing
Old men in the balcony still heckling
A frog reads the gospels
And chickens clucking
PASTOR
PASTOR
🎵
Pastor of Muppets
We preach and we sing
Old men in the balcony still heckling
A frog reads the gospels
And chickens clucking
PASTOR
PASTOR
🎵
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
🎵
Pastor of Muppets
We preach and we sing
Old men in the balcony still heckling
A frog reads the gospels
And chickens clucking
PASTOR
PASTOR
🎵
Pastor of Muppets
We preach and we sing
Old men in the balcony still heckling
A frog reads the gospels
And chickens clucking
PASTOR
PASTOR
🎵
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Book posts get so little traction here but for those who are interested, here are my favorite reads of 2025 with little write-ups on my nearly 20-year-old blog.
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Brent's Top Books of 2025
Another year, another list representing another pile of books I read and mostly failed to review. Which I regret every year, but this year i...
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February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Book posts get so little traction here but for those who are interested, here are my favorite reads of 2025 with little write-ups on my nearly 20-year-old blog.
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Book #10 of 2026: Indian Tales by Jamie de Angulo, an ethnographer who lived with several Indian tribes of early 20th c. California. An interesting mix of legend and modernist storytelling. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi...
February 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Book #10 of 2026: Indian Tales by Jamie de Angulo, an ethnographer who lived with several Indian tribes of early 20th c. California. An interesting mix of legend and modernist storytelling. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi...
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And here's @grnpointer.bsky.social's list. A great year for reading across the board!
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Christopher's Top Ten of 2025!
Next year will be the twentieth of this blog's existence. As Brent recently noted, it's a few months older than Goodreads. One of these days...
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February 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
And here's @grnpointer.bsky.social's list. A great year for reading across the board!
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fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2025/12/chri...
In February I read short books. This is everything I own <200 pages. Anyone ready any of these?
January 31, 2026 at 3:09 PM
In February I read short books. This is everything I own <200 pages. Anyone ready any of these?
Book #9 of 2026: Ice Rivers by Jemma Wadham. An interesting non-fiction book about glaciers.
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-...
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Book #9 of 2026: Ice Rivers by Jemma Wadham. An interesting non-fiction book about glaciers.
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-...
Book #8 of 2026: The Names by N. Scott Momaday. One of the great unsung heroes of 20th century literature, RIP
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Book #8 of 2026: The Names by N. Scott Momaday. One of the great unsung heroes of 20th century literature, RIP
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
Book #7 of 2026: Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke. Second straight banger. Funny, weird, grotesque. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/lord...
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Book #7 of 2026: Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke. Second straight banger. Funny, weird, grotesque. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/lord...
Book #6 of 2026: The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck. Incredible. A BOTY contender for sure: fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
January 24, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Book #6 of 2026: The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck. Incredible. A BOTY contender for sure: fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...