Alastair Zaraza⛥🔯⛧⚧🏳️🌈 they/xe/it
@zaraza.bsky.social
California chaos magick queer autist artist, heretical Jew, compassion with teeth.
You might know me elsewhere as a georg of outliers, an angel of infestors, or a tatterdemalion denizen of the One True City.
yes, I write that Homestuck fanfic too.
You might know me elsewhere as a georg of outliers, an angel of infestors, or a tatterdemalion denizen of the One True City.
yes, I write that Homestuck fanfic too.
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People keep blaming AI for cognitive decline, but here's a population of college students taking Math 2 by year.
The red line I added on my phone from the toilet is when ChatGPT launched.
It's fucking COVID, guys.
The red line I added on my phone from the toilet is when ChatGPT launched.
It's fucking COVID, guys.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
People keep blaming AI for cognitive decline, but here's a population of college students taking Math 2 by year.
The red line I added on my phone from the toilet is when ChatGPT launched.
It's fucking COVID, guys.
The red line I added on my phone from the toilet is when ChatGPT launched.
It's fucking COVID, guys.
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So what im learning from this (more pro-social behavior happens when seeing something unexpected) is that it's a moral imperative to fursuit on the bus
The Batman effect: A female researcher, appearing pregnant, boarded a train. In the experimental condition, an additional researcher dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So what im learning from this (more pro-social behavior happens when seeing something unexpected) is that it's a moral imperative to fursuit on the bus
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poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
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Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
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November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
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The Wayback Machine continues to be the Jenga piece holding up the entire history of the Internet
web.archive.org/web/20241122...
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Disability Visibility - Latest
Get the latest on Disability Visibility from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.
web.archive.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Wayback Machine continues to be the Jenga piece holding up the entire history of the Internet
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I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
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MA REQUEST:
hey all, my gf has COVID & a friend crashing with us got jumped. I just recovered from a cold & haven't had much time to work yet & would appreciate some help ($50-100 would be good) making sure my gf's meds are covered & my friends are fed. 🖤
ko-fi.com/mommyswomb
vm/ca: mommywiseau
hey all, my gf has COVID & a friend crashing with us got jumped. I just recovered from a cold & haven't had much time to work yet & would appreciate some help ($50-100 would be good) making sure my gf's meds are covered & my friends are fed. 🖤
ko-fi.com/mommyswomb
vm/ca: mommywiseau
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
MA REQUEST:
hey all, my gf has COVID & a friend crashing with us got jumped. I just recovered from a cold & haven't had much time to work yet & would appreciate some help ($50-100 would be good) making sure my gf's meds are covered & my friends are fed. 🖤
ko-fi.com/mommyswomb
vm/ca: mommywiseau
hey all, my gf has COVID & a friend crashing with us got jumped. I just recovered from a cold & haven't had much time to work yet & would appreciate some help ($50-100 would be good) making sure my gf's meds are covered & my friends are fed. 🖤
ko-fi.com/mommyswomb
vm/ca: mommywiseau
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So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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But we can't talk about it - who can't? Victims aren't allowed because people don't want it around, writers and artists can't, survivors can't, everyone can't - except the people who do it apparently!
THEY can do it, and then we're told the emails, no big deal yeah? Not news.
THEY can do it, and then we're told the emails, no big deal yeah? Not news.
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
But we can't talk about it - who can't? Victims aren't allowed because people don't want it around, writers and artists can't, survivors can't, everyone can't - except the people who do it apparently!
THEY can do it, and then we're told the emails, no big deal yeah? Not news.
THEY can do it, and then we're told the emails, no big deal yeah? Not news.
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Because it's common and it's common and you don't talk about it! And people pretend -- oooh it's a career ender, oooh it's a life ender - NO IT'S NOT. It's not, we just transfer them to a new church. We elect them president.
Okay.
Like one guy got sorta held accountable and they're still mad.
Okay.
Like one guy got sorta held accountable and they're still mad.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Because it's common and it's common and you don't talk about it! And people pretend -- oooh it's a career ender, oooh it's a life ender - NO IT'S NOT. It's not, we just transfer them to a new church. We elect them president.
Okay.
Like one guy got sorta held accountable and they're still mad.
Okay.
Like one guy got sorta held accountable and they're still mad.
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If anything depiction of wretched things in art - and I count violence among these, it should be wretched, it is - the entire spectrum is important because for a long time we just tiptoe around it. Because it's traumatizing for a lot of people.
WAIT WHY IS IT SO MANY PEOPLE ?
WHY SO MANY?
WAIT WHY IS IT SO MANY PEOPLE ?
WHY SO MANY?
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If anything depiction of wretched things in art - and I count violence among these, it should be wretched, it is - the entire spectrum is important because for a long time we just tiptoe around it. Because it's traumatizing for a lot of people.
WAIT WHY IS IT SO MANY PEOPLE ?
WHY SO MANY?
WAIT WHY IS IT SO MANY PEOPLE ?
WHY SO MANY?
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Anyway: pornographic art and performance is good, people have a right to the vast majority of their kinks, and it is ridiculous that consenting adults are finding those rights strangled by big tech and payment platforms
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Anyway: pornographic art and performance is good, people have a right to the vast majority of their kinks, and it is ridiculous that consenting adults are finding those rights strangled by big tech and payment platforms
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There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
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It never ceases to amaze me how many journalists convince themselves that a "story" is a thing that exists completely independent of their input and choices. Like no, actually, you're not the *only* thing that makes something a story, but you definitely get a vote
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how many journalists convince themselves that a "story" is a thing that exists completely independent of their input and choices. Like no, actually, you're not the *only* thing that makes something a story, but you definitely get a vote
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The Discordian Temptation, Or, How D'ya Like Them Apples.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Discordian Temptation, Or, How D'ya Like Them Apples.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
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you can help the people who lost their jobs during Teen Vogue's zombification here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lex McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent com… Lex McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
you can help the people who lost their jobs during Teen Vogue's zombification here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
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www.badinternetbills.com#stop-csam
In addition to calling your reps, this website has both a lot of information explaining why these bills are bad/ why section 230 must be protected, as well as petitions to sign for each individual issue!
Signing petitions helps! Make your calls, sign petitions!
In addition to calling your reps, this website has both a lot of information explaining why these bills are bad/ why section 230 must be protected, as well as petitions to sign for each individual issue!
Signing petitions helps! Make your calls, sign petitions!
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
www.badinternetbills.com#stop-csam
In addition to calling your reps, this website has both a lot of information explaining why these bills are bad/ why section 230 must be protected, as well as petitions to sign for each individual issue!
Signing petitions helps! Make your calls, sign petitions!
In addition to calling your reps, this website has both a lot of information explaining why these bills are bad/ why section 230 must be protected, as well as petitions to sign for each individual issue!
Signing petitions helps! Make your calls, sign petitions!
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The Discordian Temptation, Or, How D'ya Like Them Apples.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Discordian Temptation, Or, How D'ya Like Them Apples.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
Rollerball on watercolor paper, 2025.
Oh are we just making this the "fash with a woke coat of paint" platform now? Cool.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Oh are we just making this the "fash with a woke coat of paint" platform now? Cool.
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We make scooter riders take a picture of the scooter to prove it’s parked legally. Can you imagine if we did that to cars?
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We make scooter riders take a picture of the scooter to prove it’s parked legally. Can you imagine if we did that to cars?
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Took my first scooter ride in a while today (been doing Metro bike) and it’s so depressing what a missed opportunity that was for cities. We did to scooters everything we should have done to cars:
- capped speeds with governors
- refused to give curb space
- made heavy pedestrian areas no go zones
- capped speeds with governors
- refused to give curb space
- made heavy pedestrian areas no go zones
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Took my first scooter ride in a while today (been doing Metro bike) and it’s so depressing what a missed opportunity that was for cities. We did to scooters everything we should have done to cars:
- capped speeds with governors
- refused to give curb space
- made heavy pedestrian areas no go zones
- capped speeds with governors
- refused to give curb space
- made heavy pedestrian areas no go zones
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.