Avalbane Maxwell • medical hiatus
@avalbanemaxwell.bsky.social
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CW medical stuff, cancer, leukemia
My diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia was confirmed this morning. Because it's so aggressive and so rare, I'm going to be moved to a medical center that specializes in rare cancer treatment. At this time, the kickstarter is on hold until I'm (hopefully) better.
My diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia was confirmed this morning. Because it's so aggressive and so rare, I'm going to be moved to a medical center that specializes in rare cancer treatment. At this time, the kickstarter is on hold until I'm (hopefully) better.
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Things are quiet for now but I got feeling it won't be long before we start seeing another wave a mass censorship and restrictions, not only on nsfw content but art and media overall.
Keep calling. Keep writing. Keep awareness up! Let's do what we can to protect our right to create freely!
Keep calling. Keep writing. Keep awareness up! Let's do what we can to protect our right to create freely!
Not seeing much on my timeline about it anymore, so here's a reminder: payment processors are still trying to censor NSFW content of all kinds, and are in fact getting more aggressive about it; I'm seeing stories of folks losing access every day
Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT
Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Things are quiet for now but I got feeling it won't be long before we start seeing another wave a mass censorship and restrictions, not only on nsfw content but art and media overall.
Keep calling. Keep writing. Keep awareness up! Let's do what we can to protect our right to create freely!
Keep calling. Keep writing. Keep awareness up! Let's do what we can to protect our right to create freely!
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
CW medical stuff, cancer
Finished my last round of chemo a week ago. Now I'm in recovery, which is the shittiest part because all my blood counts are wiped out, we have to go to the hospital almost daily for transfusions, and I'm nauseous 99% of the time.
Fuck cancer.
Hope I kicked its ass.
Finished my last round of chemo a week ago. Now I'm in recovery, which is the shittiest part because all my blood counts are wiped out, we have to go to the hospital almost daily for transfusions, and I'm nauseous 99% of the time.
Fuck cancer.
Hope I kicked its ass.
October 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
CW medical stuff, cancer
Finished my last round of chemo a week ago. Now I'm in recovery, which is the shittiest part because all my blood counts are wiped out, we have to go to the hospital almost daily for transfusions, and I'm nauseous 99% of the time.
Fuck cancer.
Hope I kicked its ass.
Finished my last round of chemo a week ago. Now I'm in recovery, which is the shittiest part because all my blood counts are wiped out, we have to go to the hospital almost daily for transfusions, and I'm nauseous 99% of the time.
Fuck cancer.
Hope I kicked its ass.
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“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.
l.euronews.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
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“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
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Hey. Stuff sucks, the suits behind this app are terribad, and shit just isn't gay enough
Now's a great time to support your indie trans authors
Now's a great time to support your indie trans authors
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hey. Stuff sucks, the suits behind this app are terribad, and shit just isn't gay enough
Now's a great time to support your indie trans authors
Now's a great time to support your indie trans authors
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1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
ICE can break into anyone's home without a warrant and not suffer repercussions. Fourth Amendment rights? No? We don't have them anymore?
This is terrifying. No one is safe if this is allowed to continue. A lawyer MUST rep these victims pro-bono & sue the gov't for this blatant disregard of rights.
This is terrifying. No one is safe if this is allowed to continue. A lawyer MUST rep these victims pro-bono & sue the gov't for this blatant disregard of rights.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE can break into anyone's home without a warrant and not suffer repercussions. Fourth Amendment rights? No? We don't have them anymore?
This is terrifying. No one is safe if this is allowed to continue. A lawyer MUST rep these victims pro-bono & sue the gov't for this blatant disregard of rights.
This is terrifying. No one is safe if this is allowed to continue. A lawyer MUST rep these victims pro-bono & sue the gov't for this blatant disregard of rights.
CW medical stuff, cancer
I go back to the hospital on Monday to start my (hopefully) final round of chemo. There's a good chance I'll be admitted for several weeks, considering how badly my platelets plummeted after the last round.
Not looking forward to it, but I am looking forward to being done.
I go back to the hospital on Monday to start my (hopefully) final round of chemo. There's a good chance I'll be admitted for several weeks, considering how badly my platelets plummeted after the last round.
Not looking forward to it, but I am looking forward to being done.
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
CW medical stuff, cancer
I go back to the hospital on Monday to start my (hopefully) final round of chemo. There's a good chance I'll be admitted for several weeks, considering how badly my platelets plummeted after the last round.
Not looking forward to it, but I am looking forward to being done.
I go back to the hospital on Monday to start my (hopefully) final round of chemo. There's a good chance I'll be admitted for several weeks, considering how badly my platelets plummeted after the last round.
Not looking forward to it, but I am looking forward to being done.
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drawing fucked-up "degenerate" nsfw art is actually pretty based and also tends to upset fascists immensely so you should keep doing it
September 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
drawing fucked-up "degenerate" nsfw art is actually pretty based and also tends to upset fascists immensely so you should keep doing it
Gonna rework my synopsis today, wheeee
September 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Gonna rework my synopsis today, wheeee
Fighting cancer, and now I also have to fight censorship on @bsky.app. Ridiculous. Y'all understand that consent doesn't apply to fictional characters because they're *gasp* not real? Right? You DO understand the difference between reality and fiction...right?? Because it sure doesn't seem like it.
September 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Fighting cancer, and now I also have to fight censorship on @bsky.app. Ridiculous. Y'all understand that consent doesn't apply to fictional characters because they're *gasp* not real? Right? You DO understand the difference between reality and fiction...right?? Because it sure doesn't seem like it.
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About censorship on Bluesky:
From the moment you decide to create a multi-themed platform based on the content generated by other people, you need to understand that those people are your clients. Without them, you wouldn’t be in the position you are now.
From the moment you decide to create a multi-themed platform based on the content generated by other people, you need to understand that those people are your clients. Without them, you wouldn’t be in the position you are now.
September 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
About censorship on Bluesky:
From the moment you decide to create a multi-themed platform based on the content generated by other people, you need to understand that those people are your clients. Without them, you wouldn’t be in the position you are now.
From the moment you decide to create a multi-themed platform based on the content generated by other people, you need to understand that those people are your clients. Without them, you wouldn’t be in the position you are now.
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Exactly. This is the time to bitch and moan about the issue. Don’t tell me you don’t know how to complain about crappy policies because we know that’s not true
Yeah, I’m not going to silence myself when the issue is being silenced—I’m going to take time every freaking day on my vacation to fill in another feedback report pointing out the flaws in the new terms and how it’ll be weaponized especially against queerfolk.
I think in this case, noise is better.
I think in this case, noise is better.
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Exactly. This is the time to bitch and moan about the issue. Don’t tell me you don’t know how to complain about crappy policies because we know that’s not true
Fighting back looks like calling your reps, emailing them, going to protests and actively standing ground between trans participants and cops, and offering support in any other way you can think of (money, housing, access to medical care, etc.).
There's a lot you can do to help.
There's a lot you can do to help.
Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us
www.them.us/story/trump-...
www.them.us/story/trump-...
FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says
The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.
www.them.us
September 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fighting back looks like calling your reps, emailing them, going to protests and actively standing ground between trans participants and cops, and offering support in any other way you can think of (money, housing, access to medical care, etc.).
There's a lot you can do to help.
There's a lot you can do to help.
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Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us
www.them.us/story/trump-...
www.them.us/story/trump-...
FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says
The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.
www.them.us
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us
www.them.us/story/trump-...
www.them.us/story/trump-...
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If you’re safe and not living on the financial edge, drop a coffee or three on some trans folks today.
IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT TRANS PEOPLE
and you're not really sure how. First off, listen to trans people they will inform you how to support.
Second, DONATE MONEY TO STRUGGLING TRANS PEOPLE
Trans people, drop your links below.
Now you know how the rest of us, cis, feel with everything.
and you're not really sure how. First off, listen to trans people they will inform you how to support.
Second, DONATE MONEY TO STRUGGLING TRANS PEOPLE
Trans people, drop your links below.
Now you know how the rest of us, cis, feel with everything.
September 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you’re safe and not living on the financial edge, drop a coffee or three on some trans folks today.
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Tonight, RIFHT NOW, is a good time to go buy a few books or comics or films by trans people. Physically. And keep them safe for the next few years.
And send a little support to trans folk if you can.
And send a little support to trans folk if you can.
The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
FBI Readies New War on Trans People
“We’re looking at the entire web”
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tonight, RIFHT NOW, is a good time to go buy a few books or comics or films by trans people. Physically. And keep them safe for the next few years.
And send a little support to trans folk if you can.
And send a little support to trans folk if you can.
Literally the only good thing about being hospitalized for platelets and blood recovery is that, aside from fatigue, I have the time and cognizance to edit. I actually managed to make a significant dent in Heartwood today. The final draft is nearly complete, then I'm hitting the trenches 👏
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Literally the only good thing about being hospitalized for platelets and blood recovery is that, aside from fatigue, I have the time and cognizance to edit. I actually managed to make a significant dent in Heartwood today. The final draft is nearly complete, then I'm hitting the trenches 👏
Are publishers still interested in queer manuscripts? Especially spicy ones? Are they bothering to look at them? With the increasing censorship of queer media, I don't even know if my (and other's) work will find a home. It's so discouraging.
#askagent #writingcommunity #amquerying #lgbtq #author
#askagent #writingcommunity #amquerying #lgbtq #author
September 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are publishers still interested in queer manuscripts? Especially spicy ones? Are they bothering to look at them? With the increasing censorship of queer media, I don't even know if my (and other's) work will find a home. It's so discouraging.
#askagent #writingcommunity #amquerying #lgbtq #author
#askagent #writingcommunity #amquerying #lgbtq #author
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Happy Latinx Heritage Month! If you’re looking for a book rec, might I suggest This Is Why They Hate Us, a novel about a bi Mexican teen growing up in East LA who tries to get over his crush on his best friend by getting under someone else!
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy Latinx Heritage Month! If you’re looking for a book rec, might I suggest This Is Why They Hate Us, a novel about a bi Mexican teen growing up in East LA who tries to get over his crush on his best friend by getting under someone else!
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being rude to dead fascists is illegal now I guess
September 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
being rude to dead fascists is illegal now I guess
Wanting to write but being too sick to do so is a special kind of hell 😔
#fuckcancer #aml #leukemia #author #writingcommunity
#fuckcancer #aml #leukemia #author #writingcommunity
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wanting to write but being too sick to do so is a special kind of hell 😔
#fuckcancer #aml #leukemia #author #writingcommunity
#fuckcancer #aml #leukemia #author #writingcommunity
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I'm a disabled trans author living with hunger.
Please back my comic on KS.
"Zero & One" is about a blind youth landing on a world of feral genderless robots, confronted with a language barrier and culture shock.
Progressive comics can be FUN!
BACK TODAY:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...
Please back my comic on KS.
"Zero & One" is about a blind youth landing on a world of feral genderless robots, confronted with a language barrier and culture shock.
Progressive comics can be FUN!
BACK TODAY:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...
September 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm a disabled trans author living with hunger.
Please back my comic on KS.
"Zero & One" is about a blind youth landing on a world of feral genderless robots, confronted with a language barrier and culture shock.
Progressive comics can be FUN!
BACK TODAY:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...
Please back my comic on KS.
"Zero & One" is about a blind youth landing on a world of feral genderless robots, confronted with a language barrier and culture shock.
Progressive comics can be FUN!
BACK TODAY:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...