val “PAY YOUR WRITERS” west
@tvwest.bsky.social
they/she (views are my own)
“award-winning” poet, writer, & nerd
public libraries enthusiast ☕️📚🖤
“award-winning” poet, writer, & nerd
public libraries enthusiast ☕️📚🖤
saturday morning. august 23rd. 9am. walk into the theater. weapons screening. honey don't screening. cold brew and a pastry from local coffeeshop. lock in
July 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
saturday morning. august 23rd. 9am. walk into the theater. weapons screening. honey don't screening. cold brew and a pastry from local coffeeshop. lock in
got both my diploma AND my copy of @jacobgeller.com’s book today. these are, of course, items of equal importance to me.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
got both my diploma AND my copy of @jacobgeller.com’s book today. these are, of course, items of equal importance to me.
i have made a series of ill-advised financial decisions today (disco elysium plush dolls, chuck tingle book tour tickets) but at least i have my priorities in order. anyways if anyone wants to hire or commission me—
May 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
i have made a series of ill-advised financial decisions today (disco elysium plush dolls, chuck tingle book tour tickets) but at least i have my priorities in order. anyways if anyone wants to hire or commission me—
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As an autistic and trans person, I’ve always found it strange—unsettling, even—how so many people accept arbitrary laws and institutional norms as if they’re carved from the bones of the universe, immutable and absolute.
May 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
As an autistic and trans person, I’ve always found it strange—unsettling, even—how so many people accept arbitrary laws and institutional norms as if they’re carved from the bones of the universe, immutable and absolute.
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creation as an act of love. love as an act of creation
April 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
creation as an act of love. love as an act of creation
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I built a utopian city, and as long as this tortured child stays in this basement, the people of Omelas get to live here!
mr beast talking about the human lives he has trapped in simultaneous simulations with "cant wait to upload these" is why black mirror can never be as good as it used to be
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I built a utopian city, and as long as this tortured child stays in this basement, the people of Omelas get to live here!
the past month or so i've been like "oh i shouldn't worry about awp that much, it's a ways away" anyways this is to say that awp is this week and i am nowhere near ready for it
March 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
the past month or so i've been like "oh i shouldn't worry about awp that much, it's a ways away" anyways this is to say that awp is this week and i am nowhere near ready for it
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poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
"go to hell" is basic. "i hope your favorite video game gets made into a mobile app to 'appeal to tiktok users' with ads & microtransactions" is smart. it's possible. it's terrifying.
Disco Elysium is being "reimagined" for mobile devices to "captivate the TikTok user"
www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysiu...
www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysiu...
March 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"go to hell" is basic. "i hope your favorite video game gets made into a mobile app to 'appeal to tiktok users' with ads & microtransactions" is smart. it's possible. it's terrifying.
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for a guy reared on 90s sampling wars and punk collage it's a weird vibe to be hoping a fair use case gets shot down but please please please
March 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
for a guy reared on 90s sampling wars and punk collage it's a weird vibe to be hoping a fair use case gets shot down but please please please
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Elon Musk is so rattled by the grassroots Tesla protests that he’s blaming George Soros and a guy who died 5 years ago.
Go to TeslaTakedown.com to find a protest near you.
Go to TeslaTakedown.com to find a protest near you.
Musk is blaming "Herbert Sandler," among others, for secretly financing the protests and Tesla dealerships over the last few weeks.
Sandler died in 2019.
Sandler died in 2019.
March 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Elon Musk is so rattled by the grassroots Tesla protests that he’s blaming George Soros and a guy who died 5 years ago.
Go to TeslaTakedown.com to find a protest near you.
Go to TeslaTakedown.com to find a protest near you.
my elysium? disco.
My Fantasy? Final.
My Hearts? Kingdom.
March 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
my elysium? disco.
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CALL YOUR FUCKING CONGRESS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. IT'S A SATURDAY. YOU GET TO JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE. SCRIPT I'M USING IS BELOW:
Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the SCREEN ACT, a bill that applies the "harmful to minors" standard used to ban LGBTQ+ books and resources in schools and libraries... and apply it nationally—to the internet.
Under the guise of protecting kids from "pornography"
www.lee.senate.gov/2025/2/senat...
Under the guise of protecting kids from "pornography"
www.lee.senate.gov/2025/2/senat...
With Support from Heritage Action, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee Introduces SCREEN Act for 119th Congress to Protect Children from Pornography Online
With Support from Heritage Action, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee Introduces SCREEN Act for 119th Congress to Protect Children from Pornography Online
goldrushcam.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
CALL YOUR FUCKING CONGRESS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. IT'S A SATURDAY. YOU GET TO JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE. SCRIPT I'M USING IS BELOW:
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If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.
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now THATS what i call a charming death threat review
February 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
now THATS what i call a charming death threat review
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I cannot, during these horrific times, recommend enough the importance of making pockets of time to just do things that are not related to anything but the joy of being alive and playing. You need it. You do. It will keep you whole. Which we need. We need you whole.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I cannot, during these horrific times, recommend enough the importance of making pockets of time to just do things that are not related to anything but the joy of being alive and playing. You need it. You do. It will keep you whole. Which we need. We need you whole.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Here is the current schedule for tomorrow's stream!!! I will be on all day, and Emily will be on and off intermittently! See you tomorrow at 10 am PST— donations are already open! www.youtube.com/live/iQ1FbkI...
January 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Here is the current schedule for tomorrow's stream!!! I will be on all day, and Emily will be on and off intermittently! See you tomorrow at 10 am PST— donations are already open! www.youtube.com/live/iQ1FbkI...
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A few months ago I spoke about a game I'm assisting on where we have a plan for if the creative director is captured or murdered. This is that game, and Rasheed is that Creative Director. We don't know how the game affects his safety, but he wants to go through regardless. Any support helps!
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:31 PM
A few months ago I spoke about a game I'm assisting on where we have a plan for if the creative director is captured or murdered. This is that game, and Rasheed is that Creative Director. We don't know how the game affects his safety, but he wants to go through regardless. Any support helps!