Edit: oh that’s from Brandsetter. That’s just a basic historical fact. One finds historical records of trans men, prior to the development of dyke bar culture, in the military, as innkeepers, as labourers, etc, generally at or having exceeded the social rank of their cis male relatives, without

I would really like to know what Ms Gill-Peterson finds _disgusting_ about displays trans joy.

I can understand being unmoved, dispirited, alienated, or frustrated. But _disgusted_?

I really hope there’s been a mis-contextualising of the quote.

The ABC do a report like this every election- going out with the remote voting teams, talking to voters and to the Electoral Commission about the mammoth operation that is remote voting (this year, 450 sites, 200 of which are in the Northern Territory).

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

It has apparently been ten months since I did a #weekendreading round-up post.

Proceed for current reads, a handful of reviews including lesser Kate Grenville, this fun coffee-table book by @eliasgreig.bsky.social , @barristersecret.bsky.social -

highlyeccentric.dreamwidth.org/2365161.html