Smallproblem
@scritchyscratchy.bsky.social
Queer, educator, tired and trying for hope. Will settle for people to hold while the world burns.
Currently having pizza pops, rice peas carrots, a prepack yogurt and fruit by the foot for lunch like an actual middle schooler. I *might* be compensating for four to six years of frozen burrito lunches daily.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Currently having pizza pops, rice peas carrots, a prepack yogurt and fruit by the foot for lunch like an actual middle schooler. I *might* be compensating for four to six years of frozen burrito lunches daily.
Knitting is good for the brain.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Knitting is good for the brain.
The trouble with dehumanization is the anthropocentrism - if not-humans are not worse than humans, inhuman is not an insult :)
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The trouble with dehumanization is the anthropocentrism - if not-humans are not worse than humans, inhuman is not an insult :)
Do science to it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Do science to it.
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Halloween is about laughing at death. We send children off with treats because children are how we laugh at death. Death gets all of us, but it can't get us all.
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Halloween is about laughing at death. We send children off with treats because children are how we laugh at death. Death gets all of us, but it can't get us all.
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This dog was spotted wearing shoes. This is not a drill. He hopes you like them. 13/10
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This dog was spotted wearing shoes. This is not a drill. He hopes you like them. 13/10
"No sane/reasonable person/society would ~" who told you we live in a sane reasonable society full of sane reasonable people?
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"No sane/reasonable person/society would ~" who told you we live in a sane reasonable society full of sane reasonable people?
"All suspects are presumed cisgender until proven guilty of transsexuality in a court of painful self-exploration." _OUCH_
Look, most of y'all on this page already know themselves. But in case it helps anyone, this is a good read. If you're testing yourself for transness, you probably aren't cis.
Look, most of y'all on this page already know themselves. But in case it helps anyone, this is a good read. If you're testing yourself for transness, you probably aren't cis.
The Null HypotheCis
“You’re right, Cliff. You can’t prove who you are. None of us can. If we try to prove we exist, we’re just suckers. And if we ask other people to tell us we’re real, w…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"All suspects are presumed cisgender until proven guilty of transsexuality in a court of painful self-exploration." _OUCH_
Look, most of y'all on this page already know themselves. But in case it helps anyone, this is a good read. If you're testing yourself for transness, you probably aren't cis.
Look, most of y'all on this page already know themselves. But in case it helps anyone, this is a good read. If you're testing yourself for transness, you probably aren't cis.
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I'm not asking for much, just mutual worship in all that we do
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm not asking for much, just mutual worship in all that we do
Someone painted over some but not all of this.
Guess which got spraypainted green, and which did not 🤬
Guess which got spraypainted green, and which did not 🤬
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Someone painted over some but not all of this.
Guess which got spraypainted green, and which did not 🤬
Guess which got spraypainted green, and which did not 🤬
Yeah, sure, gods teapots sentience and morality... who wants soup?
November 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yeah, sure, gods teapots sentience and morality... who wants soup?
There is a spectacular ego boost to the way that just existing the way I maturally want to exist is treated as brave and helpful and transformative.
But like.. it is. I got to do this because others did first, and I am a far better person for it as well as more satisfied and complete feeling. =♡=
But like.. it is. I got to do this because others did first, and I am a far better person for it as well as more satisfied and complete feeling. =♡=
The act of coming out reshapes what people think is possible.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
November 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There is a spectacular ego boost to the way that just existing the way I maturally want to exist is treated as brave and helpful and transformative.
But like.. it is. I got to do this because others did first, and I am a far better person for it as well as more satisfied and complete feeling. =♡=
But like.. it is. I got to do this because others did first, and I am a far better person for it as well as more satisfied and complete feeling. =♡=
Sol! I have relatively few OCs I draw much but here he is <3
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Sol! I have relatively few OCs I draw much but here he is <3
It's also useful as an argumentative tactic to presume into the conversation that racism is bad and no one knowlingly wants that, even if you know it's false. Then you present the nuance of the definition, allowing the racist to gracefully reposition without accepting they were consciously evil.
If you can assume someone's racism stems from mere ignorance of the better definition of the word racism, you can educate them, and then they won't be any definition of racist any more!
It is in fact far more complicated to argue people are people to someone who just doesn't believe that.
It is in fact far more complicated to argue people are people to someone who just doesn't believe that.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's also useful as an argumentative tactic to presume into the conversation that racism is bad and no one knowlingly wants that, even if you know it's false. Then you present the nuance of the definition, allowing the racist to gracefully reposition without accepting they were consciously evil.
Me: I'll buy a pattern for this! That will save me time!
Me, 20 minutes later: this pattern sucks, I'm doing my own thing.
Me, 20 minutes later: this pattern sucks, I'm doing my own thing.
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Me: I'll buy a pattern for this! That will save me time!
Me, 20 minutes later: this pattern sucks, I'm doing my own thing.
Me, 20 minutes later: this pattern sucks, I'm doing my own thing.
Explaining to a friend today that my love language with my partner is psychic damage, getting slightly terrified nods.
Look, me and @shibbi.bsky.social are actually very good for each other and have a genuinely sweet relationship.
Which involves many "aughhh why would you inflict this on me"
=♡=
Look, me and @shibbi.bsky.social are actually very good for each other and have a genuinely sweet relationship.
Which involves many "aughhh why would you inflict this on me"
=♡=
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Explaining to a friend today that my love language with my partner is psychic damage, getting slightly terrified nods.
Look, me and @shibbi.bsky.social are actually very good for each other and have a genuinely sweet relationship.
Which involves many "aughhh why would you inflict this on me"
=♡=
Look, me and @shibbi.bsky.social are actually very good for each other and have a genuinely sweet relationship.
Which involves many "aughhh why would you inflict this on me"
=♡=
Much suffering is optional.
Some suffering is worth it.
Much less of the suffering we think is worth it is necessary to the thing it's worth than we imagine.
Shove at the thing making you suffer sometimes. It might shift!
Some suffering is worth it.
Much less of the suffering we think is worth it is necessary to the thing it's worth than we imagine.
Shove at the thing making you suffer sometimes. It might shift!
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Much suffering is optional.
Some suffering is worth it.
Much less of the suffering we think is worth it is necessary to the thing it's worth than we imagine.
Shove at the thing making you suffer sometimes. It might shift!
Some suffering is worth it.
Much less of the suffering we think is worth it is necessary to the thing it's worth than we imagine.
Shove at the thing making you suffer sometimes. It might shift!
I recognize there are five books here, you don't have to read the ENTIRE works of Oscar wilde to get me, but this feels like a good and well distributed primer on Mishas.
Tempted to reorganize and add Akwaeke Emezi's pet to this stack while I'm at it but. Not. The. Point.
Tempted to reorganize and add Akwaeke Emezi's pet to this stack while I'm at it but. Not. The. Point.
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I recognize there are five books here, you don't have to read the ENTIRE works of Oscar wilde to get me, but this feels like a good and well distributed primer on Mishas.
Tempted to reorganize and add Akwaeke Emezi's pet to this stack while I'm at it but. Not. The. Point.
Tempted to reorganize and add Akwaeke Emezi's pet to this stack while I'm at it but. Not. The. Point.
Trans power soup social ART WORK
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trans power soup social ART WORK
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October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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1. The government for not setting a living wage.
2. The bakery for not paying one.
3. The customer for failing to tip, fully knowing that 1 and 2 aren't in place, and that it's on them to cover the gap for the service they received.
2. The bakery for not paying one.
3. The customer for failing to tip, fully knowing that 1 and 2 aren't in place, and that it's on them to cover the gap for the service they received.
ok help me out if you went to a popular bakery and bought 10 boxes of their pastries which regularly sell out and did not tip and then heard the staff making a sarcastic comment about how you did not tip who's the asshole here you or them.
October 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
1. The government for not setting a living wage.
2. The bakery for not paying one.
3. The customer for failing to tip, fully knowing that 1 and 2 aren't in place, and that it's on them to cover the gap for the service they received.
2. The bakery for not paying one.
3. The customer for failing to tip, fully knowing that 1 and 2 aren't in place, and that it's on them to cover the gap for the service they received.
Twelve to one ratio.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Twelve to one ratio.
Binaries are almost always bad models.
Adult/child is a binary.
Discusssssss
Adult/child is a binary.
Discusssssss
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Binaries are almost always bad models.
Adult/child is a binary.
Discusssssss
Adult/child is a binary.
Discusssssss
Fuzz therapy
This is Iliamna. She made a new best friend, who happens to be a balloon. Really thought they would have more time together. 12/10 (TT: andreal.corbin)
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Fuzz therapy