Charm City Art Spice
@rahnealexander.com
The most beloved dyke in Baltimore
Intermedia artist, irritable trans lady, certified game changer, ordained minister
I love the block button
https://linktr.ee/RahneAlexander
Intermedia artist, irritable trans lady, certified game changer, ordained minister
I love the block button
https://linktr.ee/RahneAlexander
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@rahnealexander.com
· Nov 16
Welcome new followers (and old friends too — mutuals from elsewhere, I’ll add you back as I have time to catch up, I swear!)
I thought it might be worthwhile to do an introductory post, even tho I’ve been here on Bluesky since the Alf days
Here we go:
I thought it might be worthwhile to do an introductory post, even tho I’ve been here on Bluesky since the Alf days
Here we go:
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I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
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I’m getting ready!!! 😆
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I’m getting ready!!! 😆
a drag queen that screams incoherently while slathering herself with slate grey body filler called pam bondo
February 13, 2026 at 1:08 AM
a drag queen that screams incoherently while slathering herself with slate grey body filler called pam bondo
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Disabled people are part of the future.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Disabled people are part of the future.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
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Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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which should also unnerve you a little bit
Most of "the cloud" exists within a few square miles in Northern Virginia
February 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
which should also unnerve you a little bit
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it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
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If you’re a journalist or community organizer and haven’t shifted away from Google yet, this is a good reminder that it’s probably a good time to start!
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...
techcrunch.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
If you’re a journalist or community organizer and haven’t shifted away from Google yet, this is a good reminder that it’s probably a good time to start!
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
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Not enough people are talking about the fact that the GOP’s disenfranchising SAVE act would disproportionately risk the voting rights of approximately *69 million* married women in the US.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Not enough people are talking about the fact that the GOP’s disenfranchising SAVE act would disproportionately risk the voting rights of approximately *69 million* married women in the US.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
every baltimore libra i know at this chart: lol. lfmao. come over here real quick, i just wanna talk
Like why they keep dissing us fo’?
Ion know, but I’m gon blow 👊🏾💥♍️
Ion know, but I’m gon blow 👊🏾💥♍️
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
every baltimore libra i know at this chart: lol. lfmao. come over here real quick, i just wanna talk
TONITE! Come out for a very cosmopolitan discussion about what happens when you let 45 delightful trans and queer folks go off on their most favorite Straight People Zoo teevee show
SEX CHANGE AND THE CITY
Tuck Woodstock in conversation with Rahne Alexander
7pm, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
SEX CHANGE AND THE CITY
Tuck Woodstock in conversation with Rahne Alexander
7pm, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
TONITE! Come out for a very cosmopolitan discussion about what happens when you let 45 delightful trans and queer folks go off on their most favorite Straight People Zoo teevee show
SEX CHANGE AND THE CITY
Tuck Woodstock in conversation with Rahne Alexander
7pm, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
SEX CHANGE AND THE CITY
Tuck Woodstock in conversation with Rahne Alexander
7pm, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
The Cure - In Between Days
YouTube video by TheCureVEVO
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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yall, Atlanta Community Press Collective is running out of $.
we’ve sued for public records when no one else would. we covered Cop City from the ground for years. we train and pay local freelancers. we publish work other outlets wouldn’t touch. if this reporting means anything to you, PLEASE donate
we’ve sued for public records when no one else would. we covered Cop City from the ground for years. we train and pay local freelancers. we publish work other outlets wouldn’t touch. if this reporting means anything to you, PLEASE donate
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
yall, Atlanta Community Press Collective is running out of $.
we’ve sued for public records when no one else would. we covered Cop City from the ground for years. we train and pay local freelancers. we publish work other outlets wouldn’t touch. if this reporting means anything to you, PLEASE donate
we’ve sued for public records when no one else would. we covered Cop City from the ground for years. we train and pay local freelancers. we publish work other outlets wouldn’t touch. if this reporting means anything to you, PLEASE donate
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Here's the lyrics/chords to "You Will Have to Come Thru Us" for anyone that wants to learn to play / sing it!
It's designed to be sort of a "zipper" song. You can easily change the verse to, say
🎶 If you're picking on trans kids
📣YOU WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH US
Watch: youtu.be/EknOeiO54Ns?...
It's designed to be sort of a "zipper" song. You can easily change the verse to, say
🎶 If you're picking on trans kids
📣YOU WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH US
Watch: youtu.be/EknOeiO54Ns?...
![Evan Greer - “You Will Have to Come Through Us”
Please adapt / rewrite / sing this song in the streets! Chords are the same throughout.
Listen/watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EknOeiO54Ns
INTRO/CHORUS (call and response, start slow, repeat fast)
[G] [Em] [C] [G]
If you come for my neighbors you will have to come through me
[G] [Em] [A7] [D]
If you come for my neighbors you will have to come through me
[G] [C] [G]
Immigrants and workers built this community
[G] [Em] [C] [G]
So if you come for my neighbors you will have to come through me
VERSE (change the first part to adapt to your situation!)
If you’re trying to deport them you will have to come through me
If you’re separating families you will have to come through me
If you don’t have a warrant you will have to come through me
If you come for my neighbors you will have to come through me
SECOND CHORUS (slowed down, call and response. Then repeat fast)
If you come for our neighbors you will have to come through us
If you come for our neighbors you will have to come through us
We’ll organize to kick out ICE we’ll strike and raise a fuss
If you come for our neighbors you will have to come through us](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gexyzhqlp5r7kart7lw4jgzb/bafkreibztcmy6awc3hm7lggmtfavwkbqisyhtzddu3vrs546q24crnrgpa@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Here's the lyrics/chords to "You Will Have to Come Thru Us" for anyone that wants to learn to play / sing it!
It's designed to be sort of a "zipper" song. You can easily change the verse to, say
🎶 If you're picking on trans kids
📣YOU WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH US
Watch: youtu.be/EknOeiO54Ns?...
It's designed to be sort of a "zipper" song. You can easily change the verse to, say
🎶 If you're picking on trans kids
📣YOU WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH US
Watch: youtu.be/EknOeiO54Ns?...
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🫵 YO 🫵
💫 BALTIMORE 💫
💃 AWP-GOERS 💃
We're throwing a rager on the Thurs! March 5! Free! There will be DJs! Tons of readers!
including 💪 GWEN AUBE 💪
📗 with her new book 📗
🏀 MISSED CONNECTIONS WITH TALL GIRLS 🏀
DID WE MENTION IT'S FUCKING FREE
March 5, 7 PM readers, 9 pm dancing
☠️ BE THERE ☠️
💫 BALTIMORE 💫
💃 AWP-GOERS 💃
We're throwing a rager on the Thurs! March 5! Free! There will be DJs! Tons of readers!
including 💪 GWEN AUBE 💪
📗 with her new book 📗
🏀 MISSED CONNECTIONS WITH TALL GIRLS 🏀
DID WE MENTION IT'S FUCKING FREE
March 5, 7 PM readers, 9 pm dancing
☠️ BE THERE ☠️
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
🫵 YO 🫵
💫 BALTIMORE 💫
💃 AWP-GOERS 💃
We're throwing a rager on the Thurs! March 5! Free! There will be DJs! Tons of readers!
including 💪 GWEN AUBE 💪
📗 with her new book 📗
🏀 MISSED CONNECTIONS WITH TALL GIRLS 🏀
DID WE MENTION IT'S FUCKING FREE
March 5, 7 PM readers, 9 pm dancing
☠️ BE THERE ☠️
💫 BALTIMORE 💫
💃 AWP-GOERS 💃
We're throwing a rager on the Thurs! March 5! Free! There will be DJs! Tons of readers!
including 💪 GWEN AUBE 💪
📗 with her new book 📗
🏀 MISSED CONNECTIONS WITH TALL GIRLS 🏀
DID WE MENTION IT'S FUCKING FREE
March 5, 7 PM readers, 9 pm dancing
☠️ BE THERE ☠️
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February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
![Wikipedia entry describing the story arc of “99 Luftballons”:
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story:
99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of firepower. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defence ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves.
In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English:
'''Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "Think of you and let it go."[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dp4culto5csbqs5m6ge22fw/bafkreie4ga5vudhvz4e25t5oducxifde6sf2zgal7wugci2bv5ee2qfcoe@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Please, please get a colonoscopy. The prep kind of sucks, but it's the best sleep you'll ever have. And it could save your life.
James Van Der Beek, Dawson's Creek actor, dies aged 48
The father of six starred in multiple popular shows and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Please, please get a colonoscopy. The prep kind of sucks, but it's the best sleep you'll ever have. And it could save your life.
"cartel drone"? isn't that just the sound karoline leavitt makes whenever she talks
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"cartel drone"? isn't that just the sound karoline leavitt makes whenever she talks
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A journey through grief: HH Hiaasen asks how Baltimoreans would complete the day of loved ones lost to gun violence
baltimorebeat.com/a-journey-th...
baltimorebeat.com/a-journey-th...
A journey through grief: HH Hiaasen asks how Baltimoreans would complete the day of loved ones lost to gun violence
On June 28, 2018, Rob Hiaasen was supposed to get his hair cut. But the 59-year-old editor and columnist at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis didn’t go — and now his family imagines what his day would ...
baltimorebeat.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A journey through grief: HH Hiaasen asks how Baltimoreans would complete the day of loved ones lost to gun violence
baltimorebeat.com/a-journey-th...
baltimorebeat.com/a-journey-th...
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Issue 76 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was designed by Wide Angle Youth Media.
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Issue 76 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was designed by Wide Angle Youth Media.
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Hyper-local news takes parts of our communities that are familiar and perhaps overlooked, and gives them depth and history. That’s what we’re doing in our Love and Sex issue baltimorebeat.com/red-light-di...
Red-light districts, Gamblers’ Row, Prohibition, and segregation: A brief history of The Block’s early years
“Red-light district,” “tenderloin,” or “strip” never seemed to suit The Block. It’s been “The Block” for at least a century, since the 1920s, when young men, returning from serving in World War I, mig...
baltimorebeat.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Hyper-local news takes parts of our communities that are familiar and perhaps overlooked, and gives them depth and history. That’s what we’re doing in our Love and Sex issue baltimorebeat.com/red-light-di...
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R.E.M. - Man On The Moon (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM