Toby
@tobymacnutt.bsky.social
Poet, dancer, textile artist ✨ they/them disabled trans queer
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Toby
@tobymacnutt.bsky.social
· Dec 22
It's bluesky's turn for the teaser!
A SINGULAR THEY is a full-length solo dance film and you'll be able to see it premiere online in (approx, date TBD) March 2026!
It's a "self-portrait" show, incorporating many facets of my existence, and for the first time, all my movement modes. Here is a taste.
A SINGULAR THEY is a full-length solo dance film and you'll be able to see it premiere online in (approx, date TBD) March 2026!
It's a "self-portrait" show, incorporating many facets of my existence, and for the first time, all my movement modes. Here is a taste.
Preemptively cancelled my private student this weekend even though it's virtual, because I know this storm will wipe me out and I'm getting it'll get them too (assuming we both even keep power).
My chest already hurts plenty, good plan past me
My chest already hurts plenty, good plan past me
January 24, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Preemptively cancelled my private student this weekend even though it's virtual, because I know this storm will wipe me out and I'm getting it'll get them too (assuming we both even keep power).
My chest already hurts plenty, good plan past me
My chest already hurts plenty, good plan past me
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I have now seen multiple groups who have taken it upon themselves/their social groups to re-create the historical signs that the federal gov't took down in Philly yesterday.
The best way to get people to spread a message (especially in this anti-authority, fuck-you town), is to try to censor it.
The best way to get people to spread a message (especially in this anti-authority, fuck-you town), is to try to censor it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I have now seen multiple groups who have taken it upon themselves/their social groups to re-create the historical signs that the federal gov't took down in Philly yesterday.
The best way to get people to spread a message (especially in this anti-authority, fuck-you town), is to try to censor it.
The best way to get people to spread a message (especially in this anti-authority, fuck-you town), is to try to censor it.
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Some lunchtime cattens for your timeline!
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Some lunchtime cattens for your timeline!
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I would ordinarily put this in the jewsletter but it's before the next edition, so here you go: Radical Yiddish Song For This Moment: Anti-Authoritarian Yiddish Sing Along with DJ Chaia from the Workers Circle www.circle.org/events/radic...
Radical Yiddish Song For This Moment: Anti-Authoritarian Yiddish Sing Along with DJ Chaia — The Workers Circle
Want to learn about revolutionary Yiddish music? Join DJ Chaia and Daniel Carkner for a sing-along meets historical adventure.
www.circle.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I would ordinarily put this in the jewsletter but it's before the next edition, so here you go: Radical Yiddish Song For This Moment: Anti-Authoritarian Yiddish Sing Along with DJ Chaia from the Workers Circle www.circle.org/events/radic...
yes! statewide strike on!
The Minnesota strike has made it to the top story on NYT. I am not a knee jerk NYT hater, but imo this is noteworthy given the paper’s relative lack of interest in other recent anti-Trump protest activity
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
yes! statewide strike on!
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The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
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Good morning, it is CROUTON!
January 23, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Good morning, it is CROUTON!
✅ made small talk with one of my boomer neighbors, only minor psychic damage taken
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
✅ made small talk with one of my boomer neighbors, only minor psychic damage taken
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Wild success tonight at the native plant launch party!
65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles…
Damn. Good night.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles…
Damn. Good night.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Wild success tonight at the native plant launch party!
65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles…
Damn. Good night.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles…
Damn. Good night.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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IT'S THE FINAL DAY OF OUR EXTENDED WINDOW! If you're a BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled author, you have until 11:59pm Eastern Time tonight to submit original fiction or poetry 👀
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reminder: our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors ends Jan 21! If you're part of one or more of these communities and haven't submitted yet, send us your original fiction and/or poetry!
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
IT'S THE FINAL DAY OF OUR EXTENDED WINDOW! If you're a BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled author, you have until 11:59pm Eastern Time tonight to submit original fiction or poetry 👀
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Today's show prep fun was setting up OBS and several plugins in order to send pre-recorded audio to zoom via virtual microphone (so that we can use translation channels to provide the film's audio description, hopefully). Amazingly, it worked.
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Today's show prep fun was setting up OBS and several plugins in order to send pre-recorded audio to zoom via virtual microphone (so that we can use translation channels to provide the film's audio description, hopefully). Amazingly, it worked.
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And btw if you're like "I want to help Sarah get the work she's doing done, but I actually don't need valentines" You can always donate to @skypeascientist.bsky.social directly. This is 100% a thing you can do.
It'll help me host more events & MUCH more
givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
It'll help me host more events & MUCH more
givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
January 20, 2026 at 11:53 PM
And btw if you're like "I want to help Sarah get the work she's doing done, but I actually don't need valentines" You can always donate to @skypeascientist.bsky.social directly. This is 100% a thing you can do.
It'll help me host more events & MUCH more
givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
It'll help me host more events & MUCH more
givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
since nominations are starting to be posted... if you're thinking of nominating a poem for a Hugo or a (long-category) Nebula or Rhysling, may I offer you "An Ache With No Name"?
smallwondersmag.com/piece/an-ach...
smallwondersmag.com/piece/an-ach...
An Ache With No Name - Small Wonders
They do not have words for the pain / and do not speak to you of healing.
smallwondersmag.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 PM
since nominations are starting to be posted... if you're thinking of nominating a poem for a Hugo or a (long-category) Nebula or Rhysling, may I offer you "An Ache With No Name"?
smallwondersmag.com/piece/an-ach...
smallwondersmag.com/piece/an-ach...
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Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
speaking of sometimes being wrong about choices, I did not think I overdid things at the studio yesterday but the muscle spasms and popped ribs today disagree 💀 goddammit
January 20, 2026 at 5:51 PM
speaking of sometimes being wrong about choices, I did not think I overdid things at the studio yesterday but the muscle spasms and popped ribs today disagree 💀 goddammit
Today's therapy included such fun as "how do you cope with knowing nothing you, an individual, can do will be enough for the crises the world is in" and "how do you know if it's actually okay to say you can't do something"
🫠 buhhh
🫠 buhhh
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Today's therapy included such fun as "how do you cope with knowing nothing you, an individual, can do will be enough for the crises the world is in" and "how do you know if it's actually okay to say you can't do something"
🫠 buhhh
🫠 buhhh
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VERY important for US university professors because the semester is starting!!!
If certain people come to your class asking for this information, you can send them away! (Ofc it is not guaranteed they will go away, but this is how it technically works.)
#HigherEd #LFK #KU #Jayhawks
If certain people come to your class asking for this information, you can send them away! (Ofc it is not guaranteed they will go away, but this is how it technically works.)
#HigherEd #LFK #KU #Jayhawks
Reminder to professors because I am seeing some baffling discussions. If classroom information is requested by authorities:
Records requests should go to your records dept, not you, the professor.
Subpoenas, judicial warrants should go to your legal dept, not you, the professor.
Records requests should go to your records dept, not you, the professor.
Subpoenas, judicial warrants should go to your legal dept, not you, the professor.
January 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Reminder: our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors ends Jan 21! If you're part of one or more of these communities and haven't submitted yet, send us your original fiction and/or poetry!
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Reminder: our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors ends Jan 21! If you're part of one or more of these communities and haven't submitted yet, send us your original fiction and/or poetry!
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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#BOOKTHREAD
First finished book of the year: The West Passage by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
A wonderfully written and illustrated story full of weird little gals and guys, strange miracles and the burden of duties. One of the most endearing fantasy stories I’ve read in recent years.
First finished book of the year: The West Passage by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
A wonderfully written and illustrated story full of weird little gals and guys, strange miracles and the burden of duties. One of the most endearing fantasy stories I’ve read in recent years.
January 19, 2026 at 7:55 PM
#BOOKTHREAD
First finished book of the year: The West Passage by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
A wonderfully written and illustrated story full of weird little gals and guys, strange miracles and the burden of duties. One of the most endearing fantasy stories I’ve read in recent years.
First finished book of the year: The West Passage by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
A wonderfully written and illustrated story full of weird little gals and guys, strange miracles and the burden of duties. One of the most endearing fantasy stories I’ve read in recent years.
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The number of confirmed #measles cases in South Carolina has hit an astonishing 558 in an outbreak that started in October. For context: that is more cases in 4 months than the entire US racked up most years in the past 30+ years. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Measles cases in South Carolina explode to 558, state officials say
South Carolina reported nearly 250 new measles cases this week, official figures showed on Friday, bringing the total of confirmed infections to 558 since October as the threat of a wider outbreak inc...
www.reuters.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The number of confirmed #measles cases in South Carolina has hit an astonishing 558 in an outbreak that started in October. For context: that is more cases in 4 months than the entire US racked up most years in the past 30+ years. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
@tkingfisher.com Had a dream I fell into a nest of roadrunners and had to stay there playing dead until I could be rescued by some park rangers. Got beak stabbed a lot, so thanks for adding those jerks to my inner cast of characters I guess 😅💀
January 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM
@tkingfisher.com Had a dream I fell into a nest of roadrunners and had to stay there playing dead until I could be rescued by some park rangers. Got beak stabbed a lot, so thanks for adding those jerks to my inner cast of characters I guess 😅💀
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"An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. This is difference made legal."
It is a good day to read Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. It is a good day to do something.
It is a good day to read Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. It is a good day to do something.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]
www.africa.upenn.edu
January 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. This is difference made legal."
It is a good day to read Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. It is a good day to do something.
It is a good day to read Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. It is a good day to do something.
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I've been saying to get rid of your ring for years, but SERIOUSLY. Get rid of your ring!!!
January 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I've been saying to get rid of your ring for years, but SERIOUSLY. Get rid of your ring!!!
Beads! Glad I got myself 8/0s they're so much easier. And more viable.
(There's some 6/0s as well and, lower down, you can see the 11/0 pains-in-the-ass)
(There's some 6/0s as well and, lower down, you can see the 11/0 pains-in-the-ass)
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Beads! Glad I got myself 8/0s they're so much easier. And more viable.
(There's some 6/0s as well and, lower down, you can see the 11/0 pains-in-the-ass)
(There's some 6/0s as well and, lower down, you can see the 11/0 pains-in-the-ass)