lofilady
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game dev. just here to hit the like button, posting is bad for my mental
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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I used to get mad when people misused "decimated" to refer to things that weren't 1/10th destroyed, but I've given it some thought and now I've done a complete 360 on it
October 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I used to get mad when people misused "decimated" to refer to things that weren't 1/10th destroyed, but I've given it some thought and now I've done a complete 360 on it
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Give folks their flowers
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
September 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Give folks their flowers
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the 7th episode of Dirty Pair, "愛こそすべて命賭けます逃避行!!" or "Love Is Everything, Betting Their Lives on Elopement", one of the most overtly trans-positive episodes of anime of its era. This was the future they predicted for us in 1985. We can still get there.
August 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the 7th episode of Dirty Pair, "愛こそすべて命賭けます逃避行!!" or "Love Is Everything, Betting Their Lives on Elopement", one of the most overtly trans-positive episodes of anime of its era. This was the future they predicted for us in 1985. We can still get there.
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Disabuse yourself of the voice in your head that tells you that everyone’s mad at you and you need to apologize all the time
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Disabuse yourself of the voice in your head that tells you that everyone’s mad at you and you need to apologize all the time
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i believe that we will win
September 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i believe that we will win
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hey are you doomscrolling? panic posting?
stop what you’re doing for a sec and take a breath. drink some water. maybe eat a little. go outside if it’s nice and smell the air.
not trying to be condescending here. actually just reminding you to take a break.
stop what you’re doing for a sec and take a breath. drink some water. maybe eat a little. go outside if it’s nice and smell the air.
not trying to be condescending here. actually just reminding you to take a break.
September 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
hey are you doomscrolling? panic posting?
stop what you’re doing for a sec and take a breath. drink some water. maybe eat a little. go outside if it’s nice and smell the air.
not trying to be condescending here. actually just reminding you to take a break.
stop what you’re doing for a sec and take a breath. drink some water. maybe eat a little. go outside if it’s nice and smell the air.
not trying to be condescending here. actually just reminding you to take a break.
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trans fam
remember
persistence in existence is resistance
remember
persistence in existence is resistance
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
trans fam
remember
persistence in existence is resistance
remember
persistence in existence is resistance
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More train, FTR:
September 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
More train, FTR:
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Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
There Is No Trolley Problem
We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..
www.the-reframe.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
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Historian suggests fighting a wildfire with a back burn.
August 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Historian suggests fighting a wildfire with a back burn.
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I did not expect that throwaway thought from yesterday to take off so here’s a thread about bathroom access and human health. It’s bleak, but it’s really important to illustrate how the framing about “comfort” is intentionally used to obscure a whole range of downstream, intentional lasting harms.
August 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I did not expect that throwaway thought from yesterday to take off so here’s a thread about bathroom access and human health. It’s bleak, but it’s really important to illustrate how the framing about “comfort” is intentionally used to obscure a whole range of downstream, intentional lasting harms.
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Trans people are now banned from UPenn, Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, intntnl track & field, the Olympics, chess, darts, most federal jobs, the US military & intelligence services, federal facilities, public bathrooms in most states, & many local sports. Seems bad! Let me know what I missed!
August 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trans people are now banned from UPenn, Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, intntnl track & field, the Olympics, chess, darts, most federal jobs, the US military & intelligence services, federal facilities, public bathrooms in most states, & many local sports. Seems bad! Let me know what I missed!
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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being willing to embarrass yourself is an insanely powerful weapon
July 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
being willing to embarrass yourself is an insanely powerful weapon
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July 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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all rise for our national anthem on this independence day
July 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
all rise for our national anthem on this independence day
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why does this matter so much?
• despite hard work to reframe it by the media, trans care isn’t a luxury item
• there are ~1.3 million trans people in the US
• ~ 275,000 rely on medicaid for care access—about 22%
• stripping access to lifesaving care for a 1/4 of trans people is a genocidal move🧵
• despite hard work to reframe it by the media, trans care isn’t a luxury item
• there are ~1.3 million trans people in the US
• ~ 275,000 rely on medicaid for care access—about 22%
• stripping access to lifesaving care for a 1/4 of trans people is a genocidal move🧵
hi, cis folks!
the senate budget bill is out & this version still contains a prohibition against lifesaving trans healthcare for medicaid/CHIP—that's 275,000 people!
if you're willing to stand with trans folks, please call your senators—no matter who. follow the thread for context & scripts.🧵
the senate budget bill is out & this version still contains a prohibition against lifesaving trans healthcare for medicaid/CHIP—that's 275,000 people!
if you're willing to stand with trans folks, please call your senators—no matter who. follow the thread for context & scripts.🧵
June 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
why does this matter so much?
• despite hard work to reframe it by the media, trans care isn’t a luxury item
• there are ~1.3 million trans people in the US
• ~ 275,000 rely on medicaid for care access—about 22%
• stripping access to lifesaving care for a 1/4 of trans people is a genocidal move🧵
• despite hard work to reframe it by the media, trans care isn’t a luxury item
• there are ~1.3 million trans people in the US
• ~ 275,000 rely on medicaid for care access—about 22%
• stripping access to lifesaving care for a 1/4 of trans people is a genocidal move🧵
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It can be easy to get caught up in comparing yourself to other people. But remember there are advantages we all have or don't have that are totally invisible from the outside. You are doing your best with the life you have and your story is unique.
Not everything in life is a competition. It's ok to just chill even if it means you don't win sometimes.
June 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It can be easy to get caught up in comparing yourself to other people. But remember there are advantages we all have or don't have that are totally invisible from the outside. You are doing your best with the life you have and your story is unique.
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I wrote about something six justices of the Supreme Court never did—the real lives of actual trans kids and what we all owe them now autonomy.substack.com/p/we-name-ou...
June 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I wrote about something six justices of the Supreme Court never did—the real lives of actual trans kids and what we all owe them now autonomy.substack.com/p/we-name-ou...