Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@rachel-thorn.queer.party.ap.brid.gy
Professor, Faculty of Global Culture, Kyoto Seika University; settler raised on land stolen from the Lenape people #translator; mother; #transgender #lesbian […]
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So I see that while I was taking a break from the news and social media, freedom of speech died in the US at the hands of corporations preemptively complying with the perceived wishes of the Dear Leader. It was no doubt just a matter of time, but the <sarcasm>clever</sarcasm> assassin helped […]
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queer.party
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
So I see that while I was taking a break from the news and social media, freedom of speech died in the US at the hands of corporations preemptively complying with the perceived wishes of the Dear Leader. It was no doubt just a matter of time, but the <sarcasm>clever</sarcasm> assassin helped […]
Did Ben & Jerry seriously believe they could sell out to a massive, soulless corporation and still be allowed to speak up on social and political issues?
September 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Did Ben & Jerry seriously believe they could sell out to a massive, soulless corporation and still be allowed to speak up on social and political issues?
Breaking my social media silence to look for a #transgender #Japanese-to-English #translator who would be interested in #translating a rather famous #manga featuring transgender characters. I will help, but N1 or an equivalent level in #japanese is a must. Writing experience is a big plus […]
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queer.party
September 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Breaking my social media silence to look for a #transgender #Japanese-to-English #translator who would be interested in #translating a rather famous #manga featuring transgender characters. I will help, but N1 or an equivalent level in #japanese is a must. Writing experience is a big plus […]
I think I need to take a break from both the news and Mastodon (my only social media account). It’s all just too much right now. I’ll be back in a few days.
September 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I think I need to take a break from both the news and Mastodon (my only social media account). It’s all just too much right now. I’ll be back in a few days.
Yikes. My ten-year-old daughter is suddenly into “L.O.L.” again. I don’t hate the dolls, but the movies promote the most shallow consumerism.😩
September 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yikes. My ten-year-old daughter is suddenly into “L.O.L.” again. I don’t hate the dolls, but the movies promote the most shallow consumerism.😩
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I’ve decided that the problem with American liberal cities’ and their approach to homelessness is, they decided homelessness isn’t the problem but homeless people are. Way to go.
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I’ve decided that the problem with American liberal cities’ and their approach to homelessness is, they decided homelessness isn’t the problem but homeless people are. Way to go.
Does anyone else feel angry when a site that you support gives you a “We see you are using an adblocker; please turn it off to support us” message, yet when you turn off the ad blocker, you get the same message, because it turns out what they really want is to let their advertisers track you […]
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queer.party
September 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Does anyone else feel angry when a site that you support gives you a “We see you are using an adblocker; please turn it off to support us” message, yet when you turn off the ad blocker, you get the same message, because it turns out what they really want is to let their advertisers track you […]
Check out the way Marco Rubio’s face has changed. It’s like he’s rotting from inside. Any principles he may have had in the past have evaporated and all he has left is a sad desire to cling to some scrap of power. He is hollow.
September 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Check out the way Marco Rubio’s face has changed. It’s like he’s rotting from inside. Any principles he may have had in the past have evaporated and all he has left is a sad desire to cling to some scrap of power. He is hollow.
Did you ever look at a toot and think, “Something tells me there’s going to be some fun alt-text in this image”?
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Did you ever look at a toot and think, “Something tells me there’s going to be some fun alt-text in this image”?
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I'm missing a pen and my first thought was “oh, I'll just ctrl + f for it”
September 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm missing a pen and my first thought was “oh, I'll just ctrl + f for it”
Setting aside obvious moral issues, as a matter of resistance strategy, assassination of fascist influencers who don’t actually pull any levers of power is incredibly stupid. It literally helps the fascists. Fucking moron can rot in prison for the rest of his life for all I care.
September 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Setting aside obvious moral issues, as a matter of resistance strategy, assassination of fascist influencers who don’t actually pull any levers of power is incredibly stupid. It literally helps the fascists. Fucking moron can rot in prison for the rest of his life for all I care.
A friend learned in a shocking way that her ten year old son is dangerously allergic to dogs, and she has not immediately removed the dog from the house!? Oh, wait, literally as I was typing that, she messaged me that she was thinking she would have to separate the boy and the dog. (Yes!?) […]
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queer.party
September 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A friend learned in a shocking way that her ten year old son is dangerously allergic to dogs, and she has not immediately removed the dog from the house!? Oh, wait, literally as I was typing that, she messaged me that she was thinking she would have to separate the boy and the dog. (Yes!?) […]
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I’m especially prickly about dimsum because I think that great dimsum is one of the most skillful, joyful experiences. There are different levels of dimsum and you’re allowed to enjoy it.
But white people who pretend they know dimsum by claiming that only the fast food version of it is real […]
But white people who pretend they know dimsum by claiming that only the fast food version of it is real […]
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hachyderm.io
September 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I’m especially prickly about dimsum because I think that great dimsum is one of the most skillful, joyful experiences. There are different levels of dimsum and you’re allowed to enjoy it.
But white people who pretend they know dimsum by claiming that only the fast food version of it is real […]
But white people who pretend they know dimsum by claiming that only the fast food version of it is real […]
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Very annoyed by people saying ‘take your family to wing lee for real Chinese food’
That’s like me saying I want to expose my parents to real American food at the Cheesecake Factory
Well maybe that’s why
That’s like me saying I want to expose my parents to real American food at the Cheesecake Factory
Well maybe that’s why
September 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Very annoyed by people saying ‘take your family to wing lee for real Chinese food’
That’s like me saying I want to expose my parents to real American food at the Cheesecake Factory
Well maybe that’s why
That’s like me saying I want to expose my parents to real American food at the Cheesecake Factory
Well maybe that’s why
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The American take on homelessness just confounds me. You don’t have a home, so let me do everything I can to make sure you won’t ever have a home.
September 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The American take on homelessness just confounds me. You don’t have a home, so let me do everything I can to make sure you won’t ever have a home.
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Today I learned that there are anti drug vigilantes who are going around San Francisco spraying random homeless people with Narcan. Even if they’re not OD-ing. They’re just asleep. This is so unfashionably cruel.
The dehumanization of entire groups of people occurs even among people who […]
The dehumanization of entire groups of people occurs even among people who […]
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hachyderm.io
September 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today I learned that there are anti drug vigilantes who are going around San Francisco spraying random homeless people with Narcan. Even if they’re not OD-ing. They’re just asleep. This is so unfashionably cruel.
The dehumanization of entire groups of people occurs even among people who […]
The dehumanization of entire groups of people occurs even among people who […]
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A friend told me he felt an increased understanding of autism in India after Indian aunties started watching Extraordinary Attorney Woo dubbed in Hindi.
I have some issues with some of it but I have to say it has contributed to a significant conversation about autism in Asia
I have some issues with some of it but I have to say it has contributed to a significant conversation about autism in Asia
September 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A friend told me he felt an increased understanding of autism in India after Indian aunties started watching Extraordinary Attorney Woo dubbed in Hindi.
I have some issues with some of it but I have to say it has contributed to a significant conversation about autism in Asia
I have some issues with some of it but I have to say it has contributed to a significant conversation about autism in Asia
The Secret Adversary is the worst book by Agatha Christie I have ever read, by a long shot. I figured out who the baddie was the very first time they spoke. The attempt to divert attention to a red herring was ham-fisted and entirely unconvincing, because so much of the book proved beyond the […]
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queer.party
September 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Secret Adversary is the worst book by Agatha Christie I have ever read, by a long shot. I figured out who the baddie was the very first time they spoke. The attempt to divert attention to a red herring was ham-fisted and entirely unconvincing, because so much of the book proved beyond the […]
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I’ll keep posting this until I find a great person to come be my manager: the Monterey bay aquarium is looking for its next VP of Technology! […]
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hachyderm.io
September 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I’ll keep posting this until I find a great person to come be my manager: the Monterey bay aquarium is looking for its next VP of Technology! […]
Are there any Oxford Reading Tree books below Level 6 that aren’t dull as ditchwater? These are almost as bad as Dick and Jane.
September 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Are there any Oxford Reading Tree books below Level 6 that aren’t dull as ditchwater? These are almost as bad as Dick and Jane.
So I guess congratulations to the dude who killed Kirk and thereby turned him into a martyr whose despicable words and actions have been whitewashed to the point that Kirk’s praises are being sung throughout the land by Democrats and Republicans alike.
Real great contribution to the Cause, you […]
Real great contribution to the Cause, you […]
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queer.party
September 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
So I guess congratulations to the dude who killed Kirk and thereby turned him into a martyr whose despicable words and actions have been whitewashed to the point that Kirk’s praises are being sung throughout the land by Democrats and Republicans alike.
Real great contribution to the Cause, you […]
Real great contribution to the Cause, you […]
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There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life
Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Not that I care deeply about the problem, but I will never understand the psychology of people who shoplift despite having more than enough money to just buy the damn thing. I understand desperate people shoplifting, and teens because teens, but a 70-year-old living comfortably shoplifting for […]
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queer.party
September 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Not that I care deeply about the problem, but I will never understand the psychology of people who shoplift despite having more than enough money to just buy the damn thing. I understand desperate people shoplifting, and teens because teens, but a 70-year-old living comfortably shoplifting for […]
Kamala Harris was really put into an untenable position. The powers that be decided to let Biden run for reelection despite it being obvious early on that he would almost certainly lose. Then she was called in at the last minute to take his place, but since she was still VP, she couldn’t […]
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queer.party
September 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Kamala Harris was really put into an untenable position. The powers that be decided to let Biden run for reelection despite it being obvious early on that he would almost certainly lose. Then she was called in at the last minute to take his place, but since she was still VP, she couldn’t […]
Everything that is needed in the leadership of a serious opposition party in the U.S. right now is the very opposite of what the current leaders have believed for at 45 years is needed. It’s a goofy analogy, but it’s as if they’ve been driving a train on rails for half a century, but suddenly […]
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queer.party
September 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Everything that is needed in the leadership of a serious opposition party in the U.S. right now is the very opposite of what the current leaders have believed for at 45 years is needed. It’s a goofy analogy, but it’s as if they’ve been driving a train on rails for half a century, but suddenly […]