SingsongRaptor (xie/xyr/xem, they/ them)
@singsongraptor.bsky.social
#Black, #disabled, #queer, #photographer 📸, #writer, #gamer, #parent #BlackSky #NEISvoid
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US based
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CashApp/Venmo spooniewolf
Ze/zer/zers, xie/xyr/xem, they/them
US based
SingsongRaptor@mastodon.art
CashApp/Venmo spooniewolf
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Hi there, I'm Rayne, a Black, queer, disabled photographer, with a passion for nature macro photography. I'm sure you'll notice that I love flowers. Do you need a gift or a splash of life to jazz up your walls or desk?
Find your perfect Print at my little shop!
www.pictorem.com/profile/Luna...
Find your perfect Print at my little shop!
www.pictorem.com/profile/Luna...
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First new macro photos I've had in a while. I've been sitting on these for like a month and a half, but found out that my app sub for Lightroom covers the browser version, so I'm back baby!
#photography #florespondence #bloomscrolling #flowers #naturephotography #MacroPhotography #BlackArtist
#photography #florespondence #bloomscrolling #flowers #naturephotography #MacroPhotography #BlackArtist
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
First new macro photos I've had in a while. I've been sitting on these for like a month and a half, but found out that my app sub for Lightroom covers the browser version, so I'm back baby!
#photography #florespondence #bloomscrolling #flowers #naturephotography #MacroPhotography #BlackArtist
#photography #florespondence #bloomscrolling #flowers #naturephotography #MacroPhotography #BlackArtist
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GamerGate failed American women in total, and so few people know what the fuck it is.
And the ones who did were either screaming that it was crucial to pay attention, or all-in on GamerGate's terrorism against women.
It was a profound failure in this country.
And the ones who did were either screaming that it was crucial to pay attention, or all-in on GamerGate's terrorism against women.
It was a profound failure in this country.
Once again: do not let it escape your notice even for a moment that, despite the salaciousness and the broader political implications, Ryan Lizza is still running the GamerGate playbook on his ex-fiancee.
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
GamerGate failed American women in total, and so few people know what the fuck it is.
And the ones who did were either screaming that it was crucial to pay attention, or all-in on GamerGate's terrorism against women.
It was a profound failure in this country.
And the ones who did were either screaming that it was crucial to pay attention, or all-in on GamerGate's terrorism against women.
It was a profound failure in this country.
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I can only beat this drum so many times:
If you're an indie game dev and you want to make a profit, marketing and analysis should be an integral part of your process as early as possible. If you're working in a team, you should be as serious about finding a marketer as you are about a programmer.
If you're an indie game dev and you want to make a profit, marketing and analysis should be an integral part of your process as early as possible. If you're working in a team, you should be as serious about finding a marketer as you are about a programmer.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I can only beat this drum so many times:
If you're an indie game dev and you want to make a profit, marketing and analysis should be an integral part of your process as early as possible. If you're working in a team, you should be as serious about finding a marketer as you are about a programmer.
If you're an indie game dev and you want to make a profit, marketing and analysis should be an integral part of your process as early as possible. If you're working in a team, you should be as serious about finding a marketer as you are about a programmer.
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Unfortunately after the sudden loss of my very young brother last month, grief left me unable to advocate for myself and i fell $460 short on rent.
$maelee21
V: @ Maelee-Johnson
PayPal.me/maeleeJ
ko-fi.com/maedaej
#neisvoid #disabilitycommunity #spoonie #helpfolkslive
$maelee21
V: @ Maelee-Johnson
PayPal.me/maeleeJ
ko-fi.com/maedaej
#neisvoid #disabilitycommunity #spoonie #helpfolkslive
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:
October 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:
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My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.
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it’s so much easier to understand everything else when you accept this as the premise
*whispers* everything is racism and internalized white supremacist thinking down to what we normalize as appropriate or normative
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
it’s so much easier to understand everything else when you accept this as the premise
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I didn’t study or focus on the bad guys but on the things PEOPLE , and objectives need
….
And then I ponce about and have a life because well that’s the point of this all.
And I stopped doing it at the scale two years ago.
It’s draining, disrespectful , and people don’t think you’re human
….
And then I ponce about and have a life because well that’s the point of this all.
And I stopped doing it at the scale two years ago.
It’s draining, disrespectful , and people don’t think you’re human
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I didn’t study or focus on the bad guys but on the things PEOPLE , and objectives need
….
And then I ponce about and have a life because well that’s the point of this all.
And I stopped doing it at the scale two years ago.
It’s draining, disrespectful , and people don’t think you’re human
….
And then I ponce about and have a life because well that’s the point of this all.
And I stopped doing it at the scale two years ago.
It’s draining, disrespectful , and people don’t think you’re human
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Hi !
“acceptable people” are “breaking stories” around things I’ve spoken about for decades
While I’m important I’m not alone
Besides being factually wrong, it’s antithetical to the point I’m trying to emphasize
A civic conversation space is historical infrastructure that must be maintained
“acceptable people” are “breaking stories” around things I’ve spoken about for decades
While I’m important I’m not alone
Besides being factually wrong, it’s antithetical to the point I’m trying to emphasize
A civic conversation space is historical infrastructure that must be maintained
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hi !
“acceptable people” are “breaking stories” around things I’ve spoken about for decades
While I’m important I’m not alone
Besides being factually wrong, it’s antithetical to the point I’m trying to emphasize
A civic conversation space is historical infrastructure that must be maintained
“acceptable people” are “breaking stories” around things I’ve spoken about for decades
While I’m important I’m not alone
Besides being factually wrong, it’s antithetical to the point I’m trying to emphasize
A civic conversation space is historical infrastructure that must be maintained
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Earlier this month, lawsuits brought against OpenAI suggested the potential of ChatGPT to cause serious mental health harms in users.
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Earlier this month, lawsuits brought against OpenAI suggested the potential of ChatGPT to cause serious mental health harms in users.
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
Why is this so accurate lol like they be acting like all that mess is not only exclusive to them but means they can't be racist or that they "know what it's like" lol
Very accurate and then they get to crying.
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why is this so accurate lol like they be acting like all that mess is not only exclusive to them but means they can't be racist or that they "know what it's like" lol
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It also misses a HUGE opportunity for dev whimsy.
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It also misses a HUGE opportunity for dev whimsy.
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Read The Deadlands and support independent publishing!
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Read The Deadlands and support independent publishing!
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
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Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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"A 31-year-old man in the Jackson County jail has been waiting 445 days for treatment."
"[B]acklog of almost 500 people."
"[M]ost vulnerable citizens [are] being warehoused in jails for years while they wait for treatment."
#Missouri #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Solitary
"[B]acklog of almost 500 people."
"[M]ost vulnerable citizens [are] being warehoused in jails for years while they wait for treatment."
#Missouri #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Solitary
'Warehoused in jails': State accused of denying mental health services to incarcerated Missourians
The lawsuit alleges a lack of reasonable action by the state to provide services has turned jails into 'de facto mental health wards.'
missouriindependent.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"A 31-year-old man in the Jackson County jail has been waiting 445 days for treatment."
"[B]acklog of almost 500 people."
"[M]ost vulnerable citizens [are] being warehoused in jails for years while they wait for treatment."
#Missouri #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Solitary
"[B]acklog of almost 500 people."
"[M]ost vulnerable citizens [are] being warehoused in jails for years while they wait for treatment."
#Missouri #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Solitary
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- Ra’il is “more dangerous” for not being a woman “anymore.” they aren’t a man, though. ppl’s misunderstanding of nonbinary identity/ existence kinda subjects them to this perception that they’re a kid playing dress up and not a grown ass fucking person.
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
- Ra’il is “more dangerous” for not being a woman “anymore.” they aren’t a man, though. ppl’s misunderstanding of nonbinary identity/ existence kinda subjects them to this perception that they’re a kid playing dress up and not a grown ass fucking person.
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okay, let me wrap this up. in summation:
- institutionalized and interpersonal misogynoir are the reasons nobody listened until it was too late!
- Shafiqah died in desperate need bc she wasn’t the “right” kind of Black woman for the mainstream “listen to Black women” folks.
- they were “dangerous.”
- institutionalized and interpersonal misogynoir are the reasons nobody listened until it was too late!
- Shafiqah died in desperate need bc she wasn’t the “right” kind of Black woman for the mainstream “listen to Black women” folks.
- they were “dangerous.”
July 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
okay, let me wrap this up. in summation:
- institutionalized and interpersonal misogynoir are the reasons nobody listened until it was too late!
- Shafiqah died in desperate need bc she wasn’t the “right” kind of Black woman for the mainstream “listen to Black women” folks.
- they were “dangerous.”
- institutionalized and interpersonal misogynoir are the reasons nobody listened until it was too late!
- Shafiqah died in desperate need bc she wasn’t the “right” kind of Black woman for the mainstream “listen to Black women” folks.
- they were “dangerous.”
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that isolation made it EASIER for 4chan to plot to kill/ harm Ra’il. because the expectation was that they were alone and disconnected from people IRL. we built safety networks and protocols for Sydette, Ra’il, and others. I know Shireen had to do a LOT of safety planning on her own too.
July 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
that isolation made it EASIER for 4chan to plot to kill/ harm Ra’il. because the expectation was that they were alone and disconnected from people IRL. we built safety networks and protocols for Sydette, Ra’il, and others. I know Shireen had to do a LOT of safety planning on her own too.
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because they were saying shit that respectable negro types (and the white ppl who like them) wouldn’t touch with someone else’s hand. such unique talking points in a non-academic space meant they were a maverick without intending to be. I saw how it hurt them to be isolated in academia and online.
July 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
because they were saying shit that respectable negro types (and the white ppl who like them) wouldn’t touch with someone else’s hand. such unique talking points in a non-academic space meant they were a maverick without intending to be. I saw how it hurt them to be isolated in academia and online.
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the unique thing about Ra’il is that they carved out a space as a public and independent scholar; but they were never a “safe” talking head for the likes of huff post live or whatever. that 2014 baby pundit wave passed them by. why?
July 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
the unique thing about Ra’il is that they carved out a space as a public and independent scholar; but they were never a “safe” talking head for the likes of huff post live or whatever. that 2014 baby pundit wave passed them by. why?
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because the “listen to Black women” and “protect Black women” folks can’t neatly sing that song while Ra’il exists. confronting discomfort with/ misunderstanding of gender means Ra’il stands out in a way. there’s so much data about Black trans folks and under/ unemployment!
July 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
because the “listen to Black women” and “protect Black women” folks can’t neatly sing that song while Ra’il exists. confronting discomfort with/ misunderstanding of gender means Ra’il stands out in a way. there’s so much data about Black trans folks and under/ unemployment!
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I’m not gonna go too deep into the way humanity, and therefore gender, are taken from Black people in an antiblack world. however, I want to say that Ra’il developing their relationship to their gender has isolated them further in a way. not interpersonally, like IRL relationships. I mean online.
July 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I’m not gonna go too deep into the way humanity, and therefore gender, are taken from Black people in an antiblack world. however, I want to say that Ra’il developing their relationship to their gender has isolated them further in a way. not interpersonally, like IRL relationships. I mean online.