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Doc Impossible
@impossiblephd.bsky.social
Thing explainer and #TeamRhetoric technical writing scholar who loves explaining trans science! ⚢. Opinions mine.

Don't crack eggs. Build nests.

Kindness is a hard choice worth making.

I write Stained Glass Woman!

Stainedglasswoman.substack.com
Yep. Our government at work.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Yeppppp

But what we need is a Dislike button. 🙄
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm a technical writer and went to some pains to make sure that it's written in plain language. I believe that the entire scope of trans cultural heritage belongs to us all, and that includes discussions and analysis of it. =)
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's not out yet! It's a scholarly book on trans coming-out and transition webcomics.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Oooooh, that's so exciting!!!

And fingers crossed that it gets a wide release! The peer review has to go well, it sounds like. <3
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Gurl you know I love it. I wrote a big part of a book on it and how well it does what it sets out to do.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our favorite tabletop coop is definitely Spirit Island!
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
She is SO GOOD!!
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And being really loudly lesbian.

But the boobs can't just be big, they need to be BIG, or it can be counterproductive.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Honestly, a lot of that is a default Substack template. Most of the mods I did with it was colors and fonts.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yeah, if you don't/rarely post pics, they don't come after you, ime.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Oh yeah, people get them.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Lmao, I'm not the spreadsheet girlie, but she is!

Anyway, I've got a very amusing Harlowe build right now that gives me a 100% critical rate (when my action skill is up) and refunds me ammo when I crit, so I never run empty.

It has led to some very silky things in game.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It has been... Very welcome.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Legit. B and I love playing coop games that aren't PvP, and there just aren't that many, especially big ones with story.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
She's not just smart at everything, she knows HER THING, she knows it well, she loves being a dork about it, and she knows her limits.

It's just... really good whole-character design. And I'm not even a particular Borderlands fan--I mostly think they're amusing and forgettable games.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There's a quest early where you have to do security bypass things, and another character asks if she knows anything about that. Instead of the bad-writing version where she goes "wellakshully," BL4 has her say "Thats... not really my area."

That's EXACTLY how folks with PhDs talk about this stuff.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It took a little work, yeah, but I wanted to emphasize the art, so I had to have a light touch. I thought really hard about doing the above-and-below effect, where part of the pinstripe is on top of the picture and part is behind, but it didn't look as good as it did in my head.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Lol yeah I have a bit of a reputation for befriending basically anybody who's not a jerk to other people. 🤣
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I almost always avoid gradients, but B and I do Red and Blue a lot, so it felt right here. And, with a lighter touch (like, on the pinstripe lines), it's not So Much, like it can be.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM