header/avatar image descriptions 📌
header: intricate pixelly-looking maze, shaded so it looks a bit like a map (source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/84737370@N02/7766685506)
avatar: picrew-generated image of a white woman with glasses and short hair with flowers in it (source: https://picrew.me/image_maker/114808). her neck and part of her face are obscured by a giant crooked-fanged grin that stretches far beyond her head, courtesy of rabbithearth@weirder.earth
following thoughts
sorting thru my follow requests like:
at this point in my fedi life, I'm no longer interested in being followed by people who aren't willing to share anything about themselves. yeah I sometimes share good content that everyone should see! but no I don't want to be silently surveilled. so if you don't want to say things about your thoughts, experiences and/or self, you can catch my content when someone else boosts it.
(that doesn't mean you can't start by lurking! I started by lurking. I think it's a fine way to begin. it just means, until you reveal something of yourself, we're not going to follow each other.)
Israel, Updates, Lebanon, Politics, Genocide, Thread, Changing CWs
This will be a thread of the latest stuff happening with Israel and various other countries. Please be advised that the CW will change depending on actions / words spoken. Focusing first on Lebanon.
Israel uses white phosphorus on Al Khiyam in populated areas (today). That directly poisons Lebanon's soil.
Israel has also killed a Hezbollah leader via drone strike. Tension is high as Hezbollah launched drones at a military facility in Israel, injuring 14 soliders and killing 3. (Past few days to today)
Lebanon neither welcomes or denounces the strike Iran did on Israel as retaliation for Israel's strike on Iran's embassy.
I have yet to see Israel state genocidal intent towards Lebanon. I have seen some statements like that for Iran though (next focus)
Fedi Circle Creator: interesting. creepy. kinda relieved it doesn't work for weirder earthlings
https://data.natty.sh/fedi-circles/
The research gap around periods (menstruation) is beginning to be filled. Yay!
Also, STEM misogyny can suck it.
https://link.vox.com/view/65fe03c49154b0dbd60a243fkvfzd.2tfi/ae5ac0c4
Google making it very clear they are siding with tyranny.
quoting from last boost:
Remember, you can't have "underprivileged" without over-privileged! One requires the other.
whiteness is the real "DEI"
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112286506405349543
Mekka's post reminds me of a point I've seen made many times, namely that right wing critiques are almost always projection. For example, the big lie about the Dems supposedly "stealing" the election was in reality rhetorical cover for Trump to steal the election.
It really fucks with me sometimes to think about how white supremacist complaints about DEI are the same way. The real "DEI" is whiteness, placing mediocre people in positions of power and influence since the creation of race.
I can't tell you how many incompetent white folks I've been around before, especially white men. They are celebrated for the bare minimum while we have to prove our worth many times over, constantly.
Another example is "affirmative action" college admissions vs legacies, nepo babies, the list goes on.
So the next time you see someone being nasty about DEI, kindly let them know that white folks couldn't survive without unfair preferential treatment. Remember, you can't have "underprivileged" without over-privileged! One requires the other.
If you're in the US and want to get it cheaper - B&N apparently has 25% off pre-orders for the next two days which includes my new queer regency rom-com(ic). The sale is for members, but membership is free
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-shall-never-fall-in-love-hari-conner/1144213839
#BNPreorder #GraphicNovel #QueerBooks #TransBooks
Also. Haven’t talked about these publicly yet, but just noticed the B&N page now also has the couple of incredibly nice reviews the book's got from creators I really respect!!!! Still VERY surreal and mindblowing tbh
Hey friends (especially in Portland!) - a friend of mine asked me to pass this #MutualAidRequest along. https://www.gofundme.com/f/post-release-help-for-vibez
Excited to announce that "Lives of the early Medici, as told in their correspondence" by Janet Ross is now available for you to read and find any last errors before it's published on project gutenberg! You can check it out here: https://www.pgdp.net/c/project.php?id=projectID5e90930bd8330
Putting this together was significantly more complicated than any of the previous ebooks I've worked on so I'd appreciate if you could at least scroll thru the html version and go "wow that looks like a lot of work"
(67% of 600USD goal)
Don't forget to help your fave #autistic #trans #indieDev art collective, Aldercone, survive another month! 😺 Even a boost helps a lot!
one-time #mutualAid
- cashapp & venmo: evelbrute
- https://ko-fi.com/aldercone/goal?g=67
- https://buymeacoffee.com/aldercone
monthly options!
- https://buymeacoffee.com/aldercone
- https://ko-fi.com/aldercone/goal?g=67
- https://patreon.com/aldercone
#transCrowdfund #disabilitycrowdfund #IndigenousMutualAid #BegPost #creativeNatives #MEcfs #chronicIllness
Can we help a Black trans woman avoid eviction?
Her current employer is being liquidated and she hasn't been paid.
Her landlord just threatened to evict her of she doesn't pay by tonight. Very little warning was given about this- this occurred less than an hour ago.
Goal is $950 by TONIGHT. Boost as much as possible.
Re: New Sashiko project - finished
Here we go!
What's hidden inside is a lot of tied ends, and that I've put a big patch underneath the pockets because the corners of those looked about ready to tear (like patch pockets always do).
EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED
Hi me and my autistic girlfriend just got kicked onto the street we’re both disabed I don’t know what to do we need money for a hotel and god knows what else I don’t want to die please help
we are kind of in the middle of nowhere we’re in danger please boosts anything
Paypal
penny@limitedideas.org
Venmo
@witheld
cashapp
$p3nnypower
Zelle
witheld@limitedideas.org
more than money I guess we need resources? Counciling? I don’t know what to do please help ;___;
A maze of twisty little passages, all alike: a white cis Gen X woman who loves games, stories, and making things slowly. Living and working on an egalitarian commune in the eastern US.
Black Lives Matter. Reparations and Land Back. Trans Rights are Human Rights. From the river to the sea, may Palestine be free.