Eric
@presenteric.com
I’m a tech worker living in NYC. Occasionally I write a silly little larp.
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Eric
@presenteric.com
· Jul 29
I don’t really have an intro post so here’s some stuff about me and things I tend to post about:
• parenting (three kids)
• socal (San Diego)
• ttrpg/larp (but who has the time)
• lefty shit (free Palestine, trans liberation, class solidarity)
• parenting (three kids)
• socal (San Diego)
• ttrpg/larp (but who has the time)
• lefty shit (free Palestine, trans liberation, class solidarity)
same stuff but in NYC now
I honestly wonder if he’s laying the groundwork to fill the post-Trump vacuum in the Republican Party
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I honestly wonder if he’s laying the groundwork to fill the post-Trump vacuum in the Republican Party
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I've finally put my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine online in readable form with clickable links - check it out and GET HOOKED UP and ORGANIZED, friends!
gregpak.net/2026/01/17/f...
gregpak.net/2026/01/17/f...
January 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I've finally put my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine online in readable form with clickable links - check it out and GET HOOKED UP and ORGANIZED, friends!
gregpak.net/2026/01/17/f...
gregpak.net/2026/01/17/f...
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If you support Gavin Newsom, even in the slightest, even if it's just his AI slop social media posts, you're signaling you're as eager to get rid of trans people as the most rabid Trumpist. You just want it done with a frown instead of a laugh.
gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california
October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you support Gavin Newsom, even in the slightest, even if it's just his AI slop social media posts, you're signaling you're as eager to get rid of trans people as the most rabid Trumpist. You just want it done with a frown instead of a laugh.
I found Endlessly Ever After to be a solid entry to the medium www.chroniclebooks.com/products/end...
Endlessly Ever After
This funny, original choose-your-path picture book of fractured fairy tales will charm any young fan of the genre, putting the power of storytelling right in the reader’s hands! Grab your basket and ...
www.chroniclebooks.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I found Endlessly Ever After to be a solid entry to the medium www.chroniclebooks.com/products/end...
We kinda did this in My Jam? No annotations though maybe in the legasequel?
January 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
We kinda did this in My Jam? No annotations though maybe in the legasequel?
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The @nytimespr.bsky.social has questioned my word before, when @assignedmedia.org reported on its trans-exclusionary hiring & assigning practices. Five years after I raised this issue w top editors, a year after the Assigned story published, nothing changed.
You are what your record says you are
You are what your record says you are
This assertion is false: “No UK correspondent was assigned or drafted a story about the Cass report.”
I read the story as it was being written. It was placed on the budget and then pulled off. I know this bc it was my job to know what was being covered, how and by whom. Your publisher knows this.
I read the story as it was being written. It was placed on the budget and then pulled off. I know this bc it was my job to know what was being covered, how and by whom. Your publisher knows this.
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
The @nytimespr.bsky.social has questioned my word before, when @assignedmedia.org reported on its trans-exclusionary hiring & assigning practices. Five years after I raised this issue w top editors, a year after the Assigned story published, nothing changed.
You are what your record says you are
You are what your record says you are
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NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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I finally started reading Earthsea
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I finally started reading Earthsea
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in this statement, Schumer says Trump lied to him THREE TIMES about this invasion. but Schumer's only concrete ask is for Trump to BRIEF CONGRESS.
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
in this statement, Schumer says Trump lied to him THREE TIMES about this invasion. but Schumer's only concrete ask is for Trump to BRIEF CONGRESS.
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi
despite it all, somehow, the kids are alright
January 4, 2026 at 2:51 AM
despite it all, somehow, the kids are alright
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Borscht Belt comic: Boy I tell ya, the manufacturing economy in the United States sure is dead.
Audience: How dead is it?
Borscht Belt comic: Why, these days they don't even bother to manufacture consent!
*rim shot*
(Comic is dragged off-stage by a big hook, deported to a black site)
Audience: How dead is it?
Borscht Belt comic: Why, these days they don't even bother to manufacture consent!
*rim shot*
(Comic is dragged off-stage by a big hook, deported to a black site)
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Borscht Belt comic: Boy I tell ya, the manufacturing economy in the United States sure is dead.
Audience: How dead is it?
Borscht Belt comic: Why, these days they don't even bother to manufacture consent!
*rim shot*
(Comic is dragged off-stage by a big hook, deported to a black site)
Audience: How dead is it?
Borscht Belt comic: Why, these days they don't even bother to manufacture consent!
*rim shot*
(Comic is dragged off-stage by a big hook, deported to a black site)
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It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
even consent manufacturing has switched to a just-in-time model
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
even consent manufacturing has switched to a just-in-time model
say what you will about James Cameron but my kids have watched this video 500 times www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSGe...
New CGI of How Titanic Sank | Titanic 100
YouTube video by National Geographic
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
say what you will about James Cameron but my kids have watched this video 500 times www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSGe...
I can’t believe they made me take exams about constitutional law
a small thing, but apparently my choices for the first day of constitutional law next week include shrugging, silence, or dryly explaining that the class is now purely theoretical
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I can’t believe they made me take exams about constitutional law
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What’s most disappointing in reading this is the active role of the NYT science desk in spreading transphobic disinformation. Really shameful what Azeen Ghoryashi (used to respect her for covering sexual harassment in science) and Virginia Hughes did to twist science for their anti-trans campaign.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
What’s most disappointing in reading this is the active role of the NYT science desk in spreading transphobic disinformation. Really shameful what Azeen Ghoryashi (used to respect her for covering sexual harassment in science) and Virginia Hughes did to twist science for their anti-trans campaign.
Picture of the staff who operate my Bluesky account
January 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Picture of the staff who operate my Bluesky account
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Silicon Valley billionaire responses to wealth tax proposals:
“It’s illegal confiscation!” Property taxes go back to ancient times
“We will move away!” Yes you lack loyalty to society
“You’re just jealous of us!” ??
“We will buy new politicians to stop this.” Yes this is precisely the point
“It’s illegal confiscation!” Property taxes go back to ancient times
“We will move away!” Yes you lack loyalty to society
“You’re just jealous of us!” ??
“We will buy new politicians to stop this.” Yes this is precisely the point
December 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Silicon Valley billionaire responses to wealth tax proposals:
“It’s illegal confiscation!” Property taxes go back to ancient times
“We will move away!” Yes you lack loyalty to society
“You’re just jealous of us!” ??
“We will buy new politicians to stop this.” Yes this is precisely the point
“It’s illegal confiscation!” Property taxes go back to ancient times
“We will move away!” Yes you lack loyalty to society
“You’re just jealous of us!” ??
“We will buy new politicians to stop this.” Yes this is precisely the point
I got the “is this for real your address” email from kickstarter and I felt like a kid at Christmas so thrilled to be a part of this project!!!
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I got the “is this for real your address” email from kickstarter and I felt like a kid at Christmas so thrilled to be a part of this project!!!
how did nobody tell me calculation of volume takes place on my birthday? now I feel overwhelmingly compelled to read it.
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
how did nobody tell me calculation of volume takes place on my birthday? now I feel overwhelmingly compelled to read it.
Remember the one day that democrats were allowed to point out what weird losers these guys are can we please try that again
December 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Remember the one day that democrats were allowed to point out what weird losers these guys are can we please try that again
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Tech bro Adrian Veidt: I’ve named myself “Ozymandias”, after the character in the famous poem “Don’t Be Like Ozymandias”.
December 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Tech bro Adrian Veidt: I’ve named myself “Ozymandias”, after the character in the famous poem “Don’t Be Like Ozymandias”.
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Then the third part is you going back to steal your own drum kit so you avoid a terrible date
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Then the third part is you going back to steal your own drum kit so you avoid a terrible date
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This thread by a former NYT editor documents how the NYT came to push the Cass Review so hard over other reviews. It was dictated from the top by editors. They sidelined their own London reporter to put Azeen Ghorayshi on it.
How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This thread by a former NYT editor documents how the NYT came to push the Cass Review so hard over other reviews. It was dictated from the top by editors. They sidelined their own London reporter to put Azeen Ghorayshi on it.