Trans Business Systems Analyst here with clarifying questions: when you say front end / back end designers, what skill sets are you looking for? Front end dev, UX design, or a hybrid? Back end dev, DBA, devOps, or systems analyst/design? I'm interested should my skillset line up with your needs.

Well well well, a fun little treat for future me.

Whom amongst us didn't see the vain, anxiety ridden, and insecure mediocrity of Doug and not feel the existential horror of being seen. Perhaps at an age when that feeling was novel.
...I'm telling on myself is what I'm saying

I remember media hype around Pittsburgh's mayoral primary earlier this year. Framed it as a bellwether for the establishment/progressive tug of war. Then the race ended and the news cycle immediately moved on.
I give it 3 days tops before the media pivots to midterms. Horseglue all the way down.

A PAC with awful ideas that was only able to raise less than $10M in the 2024 campaign. Probably staffed exclusively by people who, without citizen's united, would be unemployable

Perfect fit! Honestly, the look and the reference to Baltimore's most famous writer had me thinking you were a different video essayist for a second.

What if it's a server hosted program that you access via web browser? A web application, or WebApp for short. Actually let's just trim that down to App. Ez pz

You left out the part where your wonderful girlfriend gave you a set of vampire teeth she picked up at the local CVS when you were in post op. 😜

I had a similar feeling with First Sinner. There are some absolutely magnificent boss fights in this game. And then there's Groal.

Watching Daisies was the best gift you ever gave me ❤️

He was right wing media's Joe Camel: a garish mascot made to sell an old, cancerous product to a younger generation. That his life and passing should be noteworthy, much less "mourned" by anyone at all is the real tragedy.

It's the sound of connecting a video game console to the Internet for the very first time with the promise of new wonders to experience.
Also ... New bunny planet? @gi66let1ts.bsky.social I must go. My people need me.

I definitely experienced that in my first few years of transition. But in hindsight those sort of felt like relationships born out of a necessity for survival. After a few years, it's kind of like speedrunning childhood: a few people will keep in touch in high school, but most end up total strangers

But I sure don't feel "community" when I recognize another trans person in public or at a professional event. More often than not, I find we shut ourselves off to other trans folk. Maybe it's the pain of being seen or something? It sure as hell ain't camaraderie.

The whole "community" thing always felt like a one size fits all framework that fits trans people about as poorly as an online sizing chart. From a Pittsburgh perspective: sure, my social groups have an outsized representation of trans folk...

Or in my case, "used that sweet sweet ADHD medicine to teach myself a half dozen new skills and make a giant silly costume for the hometown convention despite never interacting with the fandom" and then made a few friends with similar age and flavor of neurodiversity.

It's like someone distilled the baby trans girl subreddit from 8 years ago into a single image.

He's just a little guy!