The day @KevBot and I both became βfully vaxxedβ in May of 2021, we went out to this restaurant with a patio for our first public dining experience in over a year.
It was cold AF but we were just happy to be βfreeβ and we took a photo of each other to commemorate the moment.
This resulted in us starting a tradition of taking photos wherever weβd go and I kept compiling them into 9x9 grids until I got up to 144 photos and was finally like okay, Alice, thatβs enough.
I realize itβs ridiculously excessive, but weβd spent the prior year not even knowing if weβd ever be able to go to a restaurant again and we didnβt know how long it was going to last, so we were just trying to take advantage of it while we could.
Iβm Bendix, a queer sex worker and artist. I love cats and sci-fi, and goth will never leave my heart. My trans*ness and disability inform much of what I do and maybe even more of what I don't do. Iβm sex positive, a tired activist, a lover of bdsm and retro video games, a life-long student of marginalised thinking, and in every little thing I do thereβs some art and caring to be found.
Iβm here to show art and nsfw stuff, and build my own little utopia of the anti-normative.
#AskingAutistics Does anyone have good suggestions to quickly find remote work, full or part time, for #ActuallyAutistc people who dread phone calls? Asking for me. πββοΈ
Secret Service was in touch with the #OathKeepers. An agent described himself as βthe unofficial liaison to the Oath Keepers (inching towards official),β and called the fascist group "very pro-LEO and pro-Trump." Said they were defending Trumpers from violent leftists.
The #MAGA rot runs deep.
Got some hefty-ish household bills to deal with at the moment, so we're leaving this #ebook #sale running for a while. Feel like grabbing 36 DRM-free SF, fantasy & YA ebooks for $44? Now's your chance! (Plz share the post if you feel inclined? Thanking you!) https://bit.ly/SummerSaleWholeStore44
Yurii Hnatkevych has been a nationalist since he was a child. He used to dream that #Ukraine would become independent from the Soviet Union, but he never thought it would actually happen.
He especially did not believe that he would vote for it himself as a member of parliament.
βI didn't believe it. I'm honestly telling you. None of the deputies believed that they would vote for the Declaration of Independence, and then for Independence itself," he told The #Counteroffensive.
GIG ALERT: Champion guitar player Christie LenΓ©e brings her empowering music and unearthly fingerstyle playing to NYC's storied blues venue The Cutting Room TONIGHT. Even if you're not in town, you're going to want to watch the video here.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/gig-alert-christie-lenee-cutting-room-nyc-tonight/
#QueerCountry #Americana #AcousticGuitar #Blues #GuitarPlayer #NewYorkCity #nyc
Stochastic terrorism is "the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted." Donald Trump has been using social media to blast prosecutors, judges, and witnesses, and his followers have answered with calls for violence. If the ex-president is a stochastic terrorist, what should we do in response? https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/donald-trump-stochastic-terrorist-threats
Are all Autistics autodidacts? Is that just a thing we do?
About deadnaming
Jaysus lads, I know some trans people are well known in public but please don't share their deadnames (especially not if you want to complain about the sharing of deadnames)
It feels like a punch to the stomach if you see your own deadname and ruins your day. Celebrities aren't immune.
Also don't share it even if the trans person is in your eyes a shitty person. You communicate at the same time to other trans people that you don't take them serious
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.