Khantalas
@khantalas.bsky.social
Cat is mine. Any gender neutral pronouns (e / em preferred). RPG enthusiast. Happily in a monogamous marriage. It is not OK to solicit this account for lesbian sex.
also hi I’m back on Bluesky and doing a postdoc in Exeter, UK! My family and I finally managed to move to a place where we could expect to be treated with dignity
just in time for Labour to cut down on PIPs, refuse to actively defend trans rights, and become anti-immigrant
am i cursed or what
just in time for Labour to cut down on PIPs, refuse to actively defend trans rights, and become anti-immigrant
am i cursed or what
May 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
also hi I’m back on Bluesky and doing a postdoc in Exeter, UK! My family and I finally managed to move to a place where we could expect to be treated with dignity
just in time for Labour to cut down on PIPs, refuse to actively defend trans rights, and become anti-immigrant
am i cursed or what
just in time for Labour to cut down on PIPs, refuse to actively defend trans rights, and become anti-immigrant
am i cursed or what
I have been off Bluesky for a while now but maybe my outrage at Labour as an immigrant might be the impetus for me to return
change.org rarely achieves anything worthwhile but still
((the thumbnail looks awfully AI-ass but I didn’t choose it so apologies if it is AI))
change.org rarely achieves anything worthwhile but still
((the thumbnail looks awfully AI-ass but I didn’t choose it so apologies if it is AI))
We Can Make an Impact.
Protect Legal Migrants: Oppose 10-Year ILR Proposal and Exempt Existing Residents
chng.it
May 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I have been off Bluesky for a while now but maybe my outrage at Labour as an immigrant might be the impetus for me to return
change.org rarely achieves anything worthwhile but still
((the thumbnail looks awfully AI-ass but I didn’t choose it so apologies if it is AI))
change.org rarely achieves anything worthwhile but still
((the thumbnail looks awfully AI-ass but I didn’t choose it so apologies if it is AI))
In science news, this piece of science I have been working on since 2019 has finally been published, so if you are a transposable element or gene regulation freak like me, it’s free to read and download until 31 Jan of 2025! Give it a read even if you have no idea what transposable elements are!
Exploring Regulatory Roles of Transposable Elements in EMT and MET through Data-Driven Analysis: Insights from regulaTER
Gene expression is regulated at the transcriptional and translational levels and a plethora of epigenetic mechanisms. Regulation of gene expression by…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:32 AM
In science news, this piece of science I have been working on since 2019 has finally been published, so if you are a transposable element or gene regulation freak like me, it’s free to read and download until 31 Jan of 2025! Give it a read even if you have no idea what transposable elements are!
hey wanna know more about my writing
Sources for quotes will be indiscriminate: they might be from fiction, science stuff, RPGs, or even essays
Sources for quotes will be indiscriminate: they might be from fiction, science stuff, RPGs, or even essays
November 29, 2024 at 6:55 AM
hey wanna know more about my writing
Sources for quotes will be indiscriminate: they might be from fiction, science stuff, RPGs, or even essays
Sources for quotes will be indiscriminate: they might be from fiction, science stuff, RPGs, or even essays
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STOP
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
October 31, 2024 at 8:16 PM
STOP
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
While it is not a source of comfort by any stretch of the imagination, and should only drive us to fight harder against the incoming US presidency, precedent suggests that the GOP will likely lose both chambers of Congress in the next midterms over just their sheer incompetence, let alone malice.
November 12, 2024 at 11:41 AM
While it is not a source of comfort by any stretch of the imagination, and should only drive us to fight harder against the incoming US presidency, precedent suggests that the GOP will likely lose both chambers of Congress in the next midterms over just their sheer incompetence, let alone malice.
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Here are 2 things you should know if you're new to Bluesky.
1- Trans users helped build this site and kept it alive when a lot of other people were willing to help Elon Musk in exchange for clout.
2- We use alt text here for folks who need it. I put Easter eggs in my alt text for the real heads.
1- Trans users helped build this site and kept it alive when a lot of other people were willing to help Elon Musk in exchange for clout.
2- We use alt text here for folks who need it. I put Easter eggs in my alt text for the real heads.
November 12, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Here are 2 things you should know if you're new to Bluesky.
1- Trans users helped build this site and kept it alive when a lot of other people were willing to help Elon Musk in exchange for clout.
2- We use alt text here for folks who need it. I put Easter eggs in my alt text for the real heads.
1- Trans users helped build this site and kept it alive when a lot of other people were willing to help Elon Musk in exchange for clout.
2- We use alt text here for folks who need it. I put Easter eggs in my alt text for the real heads.
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the important question isn’t “did Harris lose because the left is too woke?” it’s “why isn’t Donald Trump in federal prison?” We’re being subjected to lectures about politics by the people who held all of the power and let this dipshit slip through their grasp.
November 11, 2024 at 7:35 PM
the important question isn’t “did Harris lose because the left is too woke?” it’s “why isn’t Donald Trump in federal prison?” We’re being subjected to lectures about politics by the people who held all of the power and let this dipshit slip through their grasp.
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Hey new folks on Bluesky, please remember that artists and writers are still getting established here, and promoting them in your feed to others is a big part of the participation here. Never hesitate to push someone else’s post about their work!
November 8, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Hey new folks on Bluesky, please remember that artists and writers are still getting established here, and promoting them in your feed to others is a big part of the participation here. Never hesitate to push someone else’s post about their work!
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Cis men truly need to understand the power of saying “that’s fucked up bro why would you say that” to another cis man
The responsibility for resisting and correcting this behavior shouldn’t fall solely on a specific gender. If you’re a man of conscience and you see another man mimicking Nick Fuentes, fuck him up on sight before the women even get a chance. I mean that.
November 8, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Cis men truly need to understand the power of saying “that’s fucked up bro why would you say that” to another cis man
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Now more than ever is the time to stop clutching your pearls over queer art and fiction that you find "uncomfortable". You can, will, and have contributed to the mindset that queer art deserves censorship.
Let people be freaks. DEFEND your freaks. Embrace the freak you've been hiding inside.
Let people be freaks. DEFEND your freaks. Embrace the freak you've been hiding inside.
Getting your freaky, fucked-up, queer, messy art out into the world is more important than ever
November 6, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Now more than ever is the time to stop clutching your pearls over queer art and fiction that you find "uncomfortable". You can, will, and have contributed to the mindset that queer art deserves censorship.
Let people be freaks. DEFEND your freaks. Embrace the freak you've been hiding inside.
Let people be freaks. DEFEND your freaks. Embrace the freak you've been hiding inside.
shout out to my fellow queers, who might get blamed by many centrist liberals for driving the supposed “moderate right” to vote for Trump by “not toning down” who they are and for the nominal support the Dems offered you
You don’t owe the world anything. Continue to be brilliant and magnificent.
You don’t owe the world anything. Continue to be brilliant and magnificent.
November 6, 2024 at 5:34 PM
shout out to my fellow queers, who might get blamed by many centrist liberals for driving the supposed “moderate right” to vote for Trump by “not toning down” who they are and for the nominal support the Dems offered you
You don’t owe the world anything. Continue to be brilliant and magnificent.
You don’t owe the world anything. Continue to be brilliant and magnificent.
also if you want to make a neurodiverse queer enby writer a little happier in these awful times, maybe give this a read, and if you genuinely (even if only slightly) enjoy it, maybe share it and message me that you liked it
I don’t make any money from this, I just like being read
I don’t make any money from this, I just like being read
I want to share a horror story about the perils of “improving” human-created art with machine learning algorithms.
There is a recent video doing the rounds online, that you might have heard of, but probably haven’t seen. Last I checked it had around 70k views, but two days ago it only had 421. 1/
There is a recent video doing the rounds online, that you might have heard of, but probably haven’t seen. Last I checked it had around 70k views, but two days ago it only had 421. 1/
November 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
also if you want to make a neurodiverse queer enby writer a little happier in these awful times, maybe give this a read, and if you genuinely (even if only slightly) enjoy it, maybe share it and message me that you liked it
I don’t make any money from this, I just like being read
I don’t make any money from this, I just like being read
This is not *normal*.
November 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
This is not *normal*.
men are often taught at a young age that they are entitled to many things
access, attention, power, money, speech without consequence
as they grow up and start facing the cost of their entitlement to others, having someone tell them their entitlement is A-OK actually is extremely seductive
access, attention, power, money, speech without consequence
as they grow up and start facing the cost of their entitlement to others, having someone tell them their entitlement is A-OK actually is extremely seductive
November 6, 2024 at 2:29 PM
men are often taught at a young age that they are entitled to many things
access, attention, power, money, speech without consequence
as they grow up and start facing the cost of their entitlement to others, having someone tell them their entitlement is A-OK actually is extremely seductive
access, attention, power, money, speech without consequence
as they grow up and start facing the cost of their entitlement to others, having someone tell them their entitlement is A-OK actually is extremely seductive
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Have been working on it all year. 💚
RT if you're going to write a queer, WOC, disabled, and/or any-minority-who-just-got-fucked-over book this year in defiance of those who would rather you disappear
November 6, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Have been working on it all year. 💚
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For alt text purposes, this says that Trans Lifeline can be reached at 877-565-8860.
They also have a website here: translifeline.org
They also have a website here: translifeline.org
November 6, 2024 at 12:30 PM
For alt text purposes, this says that Trans Lifeline can be reached at 877-565-8860.
They also have a website here: translifeline.org
They also have a website here: translifeline.org
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Sarah McBride is the bravest person in the USA.
Could not be a worse time to be taking on a national profile as hate against your community, specifically, was a major focus of the party that has just taken power.
Yet she's doing so.
Could not be a worse time to be taking on a national profile as hate against your community, specifically, was a major focus of the party that has just taken power.
Yet she's doing so.
November 6, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Sarah McBride is the bravest person in the USA.
Could not be a worse time to be taking on a national profile as hate against your community, specifically, was a major focus of the party that has just taken power.
Yet she's doing so.
Could not be a worse time to be taking on a national profile as hate against your community, specifically, was a major focus of the party that has just taken power.
Yet she's doing so.
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Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
November 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
To be sure, this isn’t an endorsement of Harris, whom I have no love lost for, but a condemnation of the grand ineptitude and evil that is Donald Trump.
It’s one thing to decide to not vote for Harris, which is understandable. It’s another to actually vote for Trump, regardless of the alternative.
It’s one thing to decide to not vote for Harris, which is understandable. It’s another to actually vote for Trump, regardless of the alternative.
At this point in the US election, my only opinion (as a foreigner) is that if Kamala Harris had won the election by 537 electoral college votes against Trump’s 1, that would have been disgustingly too many votes for Trump.
like many have stated, too early to call for anyone yet, but still, jfc
like many have stated, too early to call for anyone yet, but still, jfc
November 6, 2024 at 6:49 AM
To be sure, this isn’t an endorsement of Harris, whom I have no love lost for, but a condemnation of the grand ineptitude and evil that is Donald Trump.
It’s one thing to decide to not vote for Harris, which is understandable. It’s another to actually vote for Trump, regardless of the alternative.
It’s one thing to decide to not vote for Harris, which is understandable. It’s another to actually vote for Trump, regardless of the alternative.
At this point in the US election, my only opinion (as a foreigner) is that if Kamala Harris had won the election by 537 electoral college votes against Trump’s 1, that would have been disgustingly too many votes for Trump.
like many have stated, too early to call for anyone yet, but still, jfc
like many have stated, too early to call for anyone yet, but still, jfc
November 6, 2024 at 5:46 AM
At this point in the US election, my only opinion (as a foreigner) is that if Kamala Harris had won the election by 537 electoral college votes against Trump’s 1, that would have been disgustingly too many votes for Trump.
like many have stated, too early to call for anyone yet, but still, jfc
like many have stated, too early to call for anyone yet, but still, jfc